Gene Simmons once taught 6h grade in New York City’s Spanish Harlem, and on Thursday, November 7, he returned to the classroom and led a class of 60 Neighborhood Academic Initiative (NAI) scholars….Continue Reading Gene Simmons visits NAI
By Pamela J. Johnson As a 9-year-old girl growing up in California’s San Fernando Valley, América Ferrera remembers lying in bed, dreaming of fame and diamonds. “That’s a 9-year-old’s fantasy of celebrity,” Ferrera said in a keynote address to more than 250 people who attended the 40th anniversary celebration of USC Dornsife’s Joint Educational Project…Continue Reading ‘JEP Sparked a Flame in Me’