Christipher James Fleming

Before moving to New York City in 2018, Chris-ti-pher (He, Him, and His) served as the Black Male Achievement Coordinator in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He began his teaching journey in 2008 as a Math teacher at LearningWorks @Blake, where he first designed a project based curriculum serving the community he grew up in. Throughout his first couple of years of service to his community, he obtained his Associate Degree in Liberal Arts from Minneapolis Community and Technical College and his Bachelor Degree in Sociology and Psychology from Augsburg College (now known as Augsburg University), served as a founding member of three Children’s Defense Fund’s (CDF) Freedom Schools in Minneapolis, Mn, Hartford, CT and New Haven, CT, and as the Senior Case Manager at Volunteer of America Youth Drug, Mental Health and Counseling Facility. He also consulted for CDF as an Ella Baker Trainer and sat on the board of the African American Registry believing in the words of Ella Baker, “service is the rent we pay for living.” Christipher graduated with his Masters of Public Policy and Educational Leadership from St. Thomas University and his Master of Education from Relay Graduate College of Education. He is a Founding Resident Teacher at South Bronx Community Charter High School for World History and Geography. He currently serves as the Associate Director of Competency Based Learning teaching AP Research World History and Geography. Christipher serves as a HollyHock Fellow at Stanford University and a member of Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, Incorporated.