Young Oak Park fencer scores big
Oak Park Fencer scores big at the United States Fencing Association’s National Championships held in San Jose CA July 1-10, 2008 in the Youth – 10 Epee Competition.
James is a 6th grade student in the Sutterville Elementary School’s GATE program. He not only is a talented fencer but a young scholar as well. His favorite subjects are science and math where he excels academically. He has been fencing since age seven and at age 9 decided to compete at the local, regional and national level where he has been very successful. James has his sight on College and the Olympics.
James trains with the Imani Fencers Foundation at the Oak Park Community Center where they provide recreational and competitive fencing instruction four days a week.
About Imani Fencers Foundation
The Imani Fencing Foundation is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization dedicated to creating a healthy community, support and promotes education, and teaching the art of fencing at the highest level for both the competitive and recreational fencer. We have provided fencing free of charge to the Oak Park community for over four years. The Imani Foundation is currently held at the Old Park Community Center, a part of the Sacramento Park and Recreation, City of Sacramento. Park and recreation allows us to utilize the facility but we operate independent of the Park and Recreation system.
Inspired by the story of the Peter Westbrook Foundation and their success with developing National Champions, Olympic fencers and college graduates from inner city New York, the Imani Fencers Foundation was formed. Our goal is to provide a number of programs aimed at developing community oriented self-conscious individuals.
The mission of the Imani Fencers Foundation is to promote academic excellence and social responsibility. To provide a Safe and orderly environment, climate of high expectation, leadership, clear and focused mission, opportunity to learn, monitoring student progress, and an authentic partnership between Foundation, Community and parents.
The Imani Fencers Foundation is a grassroots organization dedicated to collegiality, cooperation and community building. We support multiculturalism as outlined by Dr. Maulana Karenga
- Mutual respect for all peoples and culture
- Respect for each peoples right and responsibility to speak their own special cultural truth and to make their own unique contribution to how this society is constructed or reconstructed
- The constant search for common ground in the midst of our diversity
The Imani Fencers Foundation is housed at the Oak Park Community Center 3425 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Sacramento, CA 95817 Contact David Williams 399-1783, Imanifencers@yahoo.com