Recently I attended a Parent-Son Banquet at my son’s public school for a program called Cohort, which serves young men of color at Wakefield High School. They have successfully created a band of Black, Latino, African, Middle Eastern, and Latin American young men who meet each week, talk with one another about the impact of racism on their lives and all of society, and encourage one another to set goals for their lives and to achieve them. And this is why I am thankful for public schools.