For the Love of….- XAVIER HENDERSON
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For the Love of….- XAVIER HENDERSON
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About this listen
Xavier Henderson, MEd, is the co-founder
and chief development officer of For Oak
Cliff, which works liberate Oak Cliff from
systemic oppression. Xavier is tied to the
neighborhood being born in raised in South
Oak Cliff and Pleasant Grove. Previously,
Xavier was a Teach For America corps
member and taught at a school on the same
street where he grew up in South Oak Cliff. He
was drawn to education because of his
experience with limited resources in his
community and as a Dallas public school
student. While teaching, Xavier got a closer
look at the barriers families faced in accessing
resources, inspiring him to co-found For Oak
Cliff. He works to ensure resources are accessible to the predominantly Black neighborhood he
grew up in and still calls home. He received a master’s in education from Southern Methodist
University and a bachelor’s in communication studies from the University of North Texas.