{"id":1742,"date":"2018-05-14T02:25:08","date_gmt":"2018-05-14T02:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wractso.com\/new\/?page_id=1742"},"modified":"2018-06-05T12:42:22","modified_gmt":"2018-06-05T16:42:22","slug":"what-is-act-so","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wractso.com\/new\/what-is-act-so","title":{"rendered":"What is ACT-SO?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>ACT-SO<\/strong>\u00a0is an acronym for Afro-Academic, Cultural, Technological and Scientific Olympics. Its mission is to recognize, prepare, and reward African-American youth who exemplify scholastic and artistic excellence.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ACT-SO<\/strong>\u00a0is a yearlong enrichment program for high school students of African descent which culminates in a competition through which youth demonstrate prowess in science, humanities, performing and visual arts, and entrepreneurship.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ACT-SO<\/strong>\u00a0was founded in 1978 by the renowned journalist,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehistorymakers.com\/biography\/biography.asp?bioindex=12&category=mediaMakers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vernon Jarrett<\/a>, and was adopted by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) as a major youth initiative.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ACT-SO<\/strong>\u00a0is rooted in the firm conviction that African-Americans can succeed and compete at the same or superior levels as their counterparts in classrooms, boardrooms and laboratories across this nation and abroad.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ACT-SO<\/strong>\u00a0depends on the dedication and commitment of parents, teachers, community volunteers, and business leaders who serve as coaches, judges, and sources of other support for the students\u2019 growth and achievement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ACT-SO\u00a0is an acronym for Afro-Academic, Cultural, Technological and Scientific Olympics. Its mission is to recognize, prepare, and reward African-American youth who exemplify scholastic and artistic excellence. ACT-SO\u00a0is a yearlong enrichment program for high school students of African descent which culminates in a competition through which youth demonstrate prowess in science, humanities, performing and visual arts, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1796,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1742","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","czr-hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wractso.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1742","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wractso.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wractso.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wractso.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wractso.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1742"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/wractso.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1742\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1881,"href":"https:\/\/wractso.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1742\/revisions\/1881"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wractso.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wractso.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}