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Earl Martin Phalen is one of K education's most visionary leaders: a founder and CEO of multiple successful nonprofits, his mission is to deliver educational.!
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Earl Martin Phalen, a Black man, grew up in an all white family in a small town outside of Boston. His biological mom was a kid when she gave up her baby for adoption.
After his adoptive mother read an article about the plight of Black boys left in the foster-care system, she decided this was how they would make their stand.
This act of love from his adoptive parents, changed the life trajectory of Phalen, who was raised in a house of love where he was taught the responsibility of service to the community. Growing up he always knew that some how his life would be tied to service.
Fitting that since his parents were so moved by the civil rights