Art McCoy, PhD

What an amazing and impactful experience for all!

About 30 years ago, I was an 18-year-old with a career pathway and certificate to teach and Parkway Southwest Middle gave me my first of first chances to teach. I was mentored by the best on the Hawaii Method of Algebra, collaboration, and more. Being Missouri's youngest teacher, it was truly a high-risk high reward opportunity for all involved for which I am still grateful.

Now as Saint Louis University SLU School of Education’s 1st Distinguished Fellow, Superintendent Emeritus, and RBC STL.works Champion for Workforce Development, it is a pleasure to share formally that the Regional Business Council and STL.works are pleased to have produced this powerful Parkway Schools Career Experience on December 16th at Saint Louis University.

We will welcome nearly all of Parkway School District’s 8th Graders (1,200+) to SLU to explore career pathways through hands-on expos and breakout sessions, guided by professionals who inspire and empower. This collaboration ensures students receive real experiences and connect their passions and promise with people ready to support their future careers.

Special thanks to my colleagues, Alandon Pitts (RBC) and Ryan Wilson (SLU), and my classmate and friend, Gina Covington-James, Ed.S. (Parkway School District) for their leadership in coordinating this transformative day.

Thank you to over 40 of our RBC STL.works Collaborative Partners:
St. Louis County Department of Human Services/WFD, Community Action Agency of St. Louis County CAASTLC, Nine PBS, Midas Hospitality, LLC, Ameren, Veolia, Ranken Technical College, PepsiCo, Walmart/Sam's Club, Kinloch Fire Protection District, BJC Health – Missouri Baptist Medical Center Respiratory Care, DreamBuilders 4 Equity, The Clark-Fox Family Foundation, St. Louis Economic Development Partnership, The Gathering Initiative, Chartwells School Dining Services K12, Lindbergh Foundation, Gateway Youth Aeronautical Foundation, ArchitectNow, Spry Digital, Terracon, HOK, Henderson Aviation, Hugh J. White Tuskegee Airmen/OAP, MIM Trucking Academy, Bi-State Development Metro & St. Louis Regional Freightway, St. Louis County Police Department Community Outreach, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), City of St. Louis, National Black Nurses Association of Greater St. Louis, KTC Medical Technologies, Deloitte, Commerce Bank, Wealthy Mindset, College Bound St. Louis, UMSL Bridge Program, Junior Achievement of Greater St. Louis, Inc.

Thank you Parkway for reaching out. Future opportunities will be created and made available to any district or schools who reach out and desire such support.

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Wonderful spending meeting with brother, actor, and businessman David Oyelowo. Continued blessings to you and family and leadership.

We salute Rev. Dr. MLK Jr through service: Realizing the Dream.

To kick off the weekend, the King Family and Legacy+, which I am proud to serve as a national board director, and NFL announced a five-year commitment to Realizing the Dream (RTD), a platform created by Martin Luther King III, Arndrea Waters King and Yolanda Renee King that aims to unite more than 7 million young people, 200,000 educators, and millions of employees around the globe through a series of service initiatives focused on the tenets of social change and community impact. Over the next five years, the NFL and additional corporations will work with the King Family and Legacy+ to help fulfill Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s vision for an equitable and united America.

Introducing Realizing the Dream Realizing the Dream is a bold movement to rally communities to perform 100 million hours of service by the 100th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s birt...

It was an honor to be on Nine PBS and a privilege to spend time with the amazing Carol Daniel on the outstanding new .

Enjoy. Here’s to our best year yet. May 2024 will bring us more of all that we adore.

To learn more from author and educator Art McCoy, PhD about the role Black teachers play in closing the education achievement gap, experience episode 8 of the #CarolDanielPodcast wherever you get podcasts. Watch on the #NinePBS Youtube channel: https://bit.ly/3RSMyz9. | via for #ListenStLouis

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High school students given sneak peek at healthcare, construction careers Local high school students were given a sneak peek at careers in healthcare and construction on Tuesday.

Happy July 4th All!

Blessed Beyond Belief (4): Foundational Faith – Paul D. Lowe and Rebecca Wheele, Dr Art McCoy & Crystal Swanigan - World Game-Changers On this episode of the World Game-Changers podcast, Paul and Rebecca are joined by Dr Art McCoy and Crystal Swanigan to explore the topic of foundational faith in the context of Blessed Beyond Belief and how important faith is in all its various guises and what it really means.

After the massacres in and around Arkansas including Huntsville, my paternal 2x great grandfather, Samuel Roddy, enlisted, killed several Confederates, and was later placed on government grave fatigue duty of digging trenches and laying railroad tracks. This fatigue duty, for Blacks enlistees only, was harsher work and treatment than plantation slavery at the time in Arkansas, with little compensation, causing many workers to die.

While digging ditches in the deep parts of rural Arkansas, Samuel was later attacked by another more horrendous group than the Confederate Army, Bushwhackers. He evaded castration and decapitation, running for safety, on Sept. 28, 1864.

Fearing that he would be viewed as a spy of the Union Army after months of absence if he returned and abused or murdered as a Confederate POW (prisoner of war), Samuel was in a living HELL. After a few battles, near capture, and fleeing, he was one of 10,000 Arkansas soldiers who chose to go and stay in hiding, not returning until the war ended. Samuel returned for Union roll call (Company Muster Call) on August 10, 1865.

Dear Private Samuel Roddy of the Union United States Colored Troops 57th and USCI 112th & 113th, thank you for your tremendous sacrifice for freedom and for walking through the valley of the shadow of death, despite any fear or evil, experiencing a living hell before, during, and after the Great Rebellion for the sake of our freedom and country in ways that books have yet to record, fully.

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Always remember that Memorial Day was birthed by, with, and for the sacrifice of our people who fought with and for the integrity and preservation of freedom during the Civil War.

On May 5, 1868, the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR), a politically powerful organization of Union veterans led by Major General John A. Logan — issued General Orders No. 11 or the “Memorial Day Act.”

GENERAL ORDER No. 11
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The Power of Hope (intro video) The Power of Hope is a new book by Economist Carol Graham, Ph.D., Interim Vice President of the University of Maryland, published by Princeton Press. This re...

Power points from the Power of Hope. Check it out, just published by Princeton Press, April 27, 2023.

The Power of Hope (intro video) The Power of Hope is a new book by Economist Carol Graham, Ph.D., Interim Vice President of the University of Maryland, published by Princeton Press. This re...

Our region and nation’s well-publicized challenges can be overshadowing at times. On the heels of the COVID-19 pandemic and multiple mass school shootings this school year, numerous su***de ideations, and mental health distress, our communities understand the intersectionality of these epidemics and our wellbeing. Health equity and mental health are at the heart of issues of ill-being.

Check out this article with vital takeaways from my presentations and work with the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Johns Hopkins University ALACRITY, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services summarize substantive insights and actions we must expand in our lives, homes, communities, and beyond.

Five bold actions can help us grow beyond the way things are into a future where wellbeing is commonplace.

Plus, share this groundbreaking insight from "The Power of Hope"! https://youtu.be/GzH_F1nvIPw

Art McCoy, Ph.D.

Five Bold Actions to Bolster Better Wellbeing to Flourish Our region and nation’s well-publicized challenges can be overshadowing at times. Since 2017, firearm-related injuries have been the most common cause of death from injury among youth in America.