tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-161340592011-04-21T21:52:53.424-07:00Phil Shapirohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16051999512417898279noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16134059.post-1125579645610792142005-09-01T05:46:00.000-07:002005-09-01T06:01:11.623-07:00The following are some of my memories of Corliss Grimes, a talented, devoted community leader and educator who served children in the District of Columbia for many years. Corliss passed away 5 years ago. Her legacy remains very large. You can meet her in this video that has been uploaded to the <a href = "http://www.archive.org">Internet Archive.</a>.<br /><br /><br />In 1988 I was working at the office of the <a href = "http://www.wap.org">Washington Apple Pi</a> computer club when the club received a phone call from a woman asking for help finding people to do computer activities with elementary school children after school in the Shaw neighborhood of DC. At that time I had a part-time job at a private school teaching elementary school children. I was ready to move on, though. The students I was working with just did not need my help that much.<br /><br />So I went to visit Corliss Grimes to see what she was doing with her students. At a townhouse on Q St. NW, about 15 students from Garrison Elementary School gathered for afterschool academic enrichment. The students who showed up were given a snack first, and then divided up into different groups for homework help, arts activities and computer activities.<br /><br />The computers on hand were three Apple IIe computers set up on narrow tables in a broom closet on the 2nd floor. The broom closet was the only location in the building which could be locked.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16134059-112557964561079214?l=corlissgrimes.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Phil Shapirohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16051999512417898279noreply@blogger.com