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Bradenton charter school executive Neil Phillips, a Harvard grad and former professional basketball player, has had his share of life successes.
But an award he won in late September from The Nantucket Project, an intellectual and civic engagement conference, could be one of his greatest, and most unique, honors. Phillips, founder of the Visible Men Academy in Bradenton, a school that opened in August for kindergarten through second grade, won The Nantucket Project Audience Award. More than 1,000 attendees and speakers voted on the award.
Phillips spoke about the state of young boys in the United States, and steps for change that require bold thinking. He also talked about race relations in the U.S. (http://www.nantucketproject.com/neil-phillips-race-to-truth.) “We tell the untold story of black male success,” Phillips told the audience. “We try to make the invisible visible.”
There was some steep competition for the award. Other speakers at the conference, held in Nantucket, Mass., included AOL Chairman and CEO Tim Armstrong; entrepreneur and philanthropist Steve Case; talk-show host Phil Donahue; former U.S. Senator and heart transplant surgeon Bill Frist; Goldman Sachs executive Alicia Glen; three-time Tour de France winner Greg LeMond; Washington, D.C., investor and pro sports team owner Ted Leonsis; U.S. Sen. John McCain; former U.S. Treasury Secretary Larry Summers; and prominent Wall Street analyst Meredith Whitney.
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