Doctors Share Their Story with Youth of Fort Wayne Community

Three successful doctors from New Jersey shared their inspiring story with the Fort Wayne community last night at the Embassy Theatre. Drs. Sampson Davis, Rameck Hunt and George Jenkins, co-authors of “The Pact,” spoke to students from Fort Wayne Community Schools, East Allen County Schools, Anthis Career Center and Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne yesterday morning. Last evening the doctors shared their story again with the general public.

Davis, Hunt and Jenkins grew up in inner-city Newark, N.J., and through the encouragement of a teacher, formed a pact together to strive to complete their education, including medical school. The pact paid off, and all three men are now successful doctors serving in various capacities at University Medical Center at Princeton, Columbia University in New York, St. Michaels Medical Center and Raritan Bay Medical Center in New Jersey.

The three friends, now settled in their medical careers, travel around and speak to youth in urban areas, encouraging them to make the same commitment to education they made as teenagers.

On October 22, WFWA PBS39 and Digital 39-1 aired a documentary entitled The Pact, in conjunction with Community Action of Northeast Indiana (CANI), in preparation for the authors’ visit to the city.

Organizations and donors contributing to bringing the doctors to Fort Wayne include: The Anthis Career Center; The Olin B. and Desta Schwab Foundation; Ian and Mimi Rolland Foundation; Fort Wayne Community Schools; CANI; WFWA PBS39; United Way of Allen County; IPFW; IPFW NEI-AHEC; The City of Fort Wayne; Dupont Hospital; East Allen County Schools; Great Kids Make Great Communities; Parkview Hospital; Dr. Al McGee; Drs. Michelle and Kenneth Austin; Dr. Terrell Bond, Jr., and The Len-Ari Foundation. The Schneider Foundation is providing funds to purchase copies of the book, “The Pact,” for Fort Wayne Community Schools and East Allen County Schools.