ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
NEVER TOO LATE TO MAKE A U-TURN
“AN EDUCATIONAL PLEDGE & 15 QUESTIONS LEADING TO SELF-DEVELOPMENT”
© 2005
By Alberto O. Cappas
Alberto O. Cappas is a published writer, author of “Doña Julia & Other Selected Poems”, 2003; "Disintegration of the Puerto Ricans", 1997; Echolalia, Verse & Vibration, 1987; and "The Pledge: A Guide for Everyday Living", published in 2001. “NEVER TOO LATE TO MAKE A U-TURN: AN EDUCATIONAL PLEDGE & 15 QUESTIONS LEADING TO SELF-DEVELOPMENT” is designed for students enrolled in the inner-city public school system. It has been widely published in the United States and widely utilized by the educational community, including community based organizations, such as ASPIRA, Urban League, NYC Board of Education, National Association of Puerto Rican Women, Community Action Organization of Buffalo & Erie County, and others.
Alberto's poetry, including An Educational Pledge, has been included in numerous anthologies and publications throughout the United States, Canada, and India. Some of the publications include: Guide Press, The Rican Journal, Buffalo Sunday News, El Boricua National Magazine, Black Image Journal, Revista Chicana-Riqueña Anthology, Syracuse Impartial Citizen News, WNET-TV Arts Series, Bearers of Blackness Anthology, Full Circle Anthology, Saludos Hispano Magazine, Viva Magazine, among others.