A Fireside Chat with Ron Suskind

The Neighborhood Academy is deeply honored to have Pulitzer-Prize winning American journalist and best-selling author Ron Suskind join former U.S. Treasury Secretary and dear friend of The Neighborhood Academy, Paul O’Neill, at the school this fall to share their knowledge and insight with the Pittsburgh community. Nancy O’Neill serves on the Academy’s Board of Directors and introduced Mr. Suskind to the school. The unique premise for this event stems from Mr. Suskind’s best-selling book A Hope in the Unseen: An American Odyssey from the Inner City to the Ivy League, which chronicles how a young high school student, Cedric Jennings, transitioned from inner-city high school achiever in Washington, D.C. to culture-shocked survivor at an Ivy League university. The striking parallels between the story about Cedric and so many of the students who walk through the doors of The Neighborhood Academy every day are noteworthy and will be the basis for our conversation on September 26, 2013.