Ameer Baraka – Central TX Dyslexia Conference 10/19/17
Ameer Baraka Dyslexia Conference at Kenmore Middle School
Video – Ameer Doing All He Can
For This Hollywood Actor, Early Childhood Screening for Dyslexia is Personal
Ameer Baraka understands firsthand how undiagnosed dyslexia can dangerously alter the course of a person’s life. Ameer Baraka in first grade. “I knew something was wrong in the third grade,” he recalls. “I couldn’t spell simple words, like ‘bat’ or ‘sit.’ Every Friday we had a spelling test and I could never pass that test.” […]
Finally getting serious about educating kids with dyslexia
JO ANNE SIMON SEP 6, 2017 12:12 PM Apple’s Steve Jobs had it. So did Nelson Rockefeller, and so do Bill Gates, Anderson Cooper, Ameer Baraka, Steven Spielberg and many more leaders, scholars, authors, actors, scientists, lawyers and financiers. Each of these famous, highly successful people has dyslexia, a condition in the brain that […]
Gretna LA Police Summer Camp 7-14-17
Ameer Baraka aka “The Sexy Dyslexic” of American Horror Story fame, and the author of the acclaimed memoir, “The Life I Chose – The Streets Lied to Me” (www.BarakaBook.com), is shown mentoring youth at the Gretna, LA Police Department’s 2017 summer camp for at-risk youth. The Gretna Police Department purchased copy of Baraka’s book for […]
Actor Ameer Baraka speaks out about Chicago violence
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Gretna, LA Deputy Police Chief New Police Training Program “Changing the Future of Policing” 2-20-17
Gretna PD working to shake ‘arrest capital’ reputation
GRETNA, La. — Gretna Police have been under a microscope since Hurricane Katrina, leading up to a National Geographic story that called Gretna “the arrest capital of the United States.” Police leaders are taking the initiative to change that perception and the culture within the department. “It took a lot of guts,” Dr. Peter Scharf said. […]