Floyd Flake is the pastor of Allen A.M.E. Church in Jamaica, New York, the ministries of which serve tens of thousands of residents and parishioners through out New York City. Flake is also the president of Edison Charter Schools. Flake serves as a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute for Social and Economic Policy and as a columnist for the New York Post. He is also a member of the board of directors of the Fannie Mae Foundation and an adjunct fellow on the advisory board of the Brookings Institution Center on Urban and Metropolitan Policy. Flake formerly served New York as a Democrat Representative to the U.S. Congress between1987 and 1997. In Congress, Flake focused his efforts on bringing about greater understanding of America's urban agenda and on improving the long-term economic fortunes of residents of urban communities by joining private and public sectors and by improving education for students served in low-performing schools. Flake understands the negative consequences of schools that are not held accountable and that fail to provide every child with an excellent education. His ministry at Allen A.M.E includes a school and multi-purpose center that serves 400 students.
Flake was born in Los Angeles, California on January 30, 1945. He attended the public schools of Houston, Texas; he received an undergraduate degree from Wilberforce University, and has studied in graduate programs at Payne Theological Seminary in Ohio and Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts. In 1994, he earned a Doctorate of Ministry degree from the United Theological Seminary in Dayton, Ohio. Flake served as Dean of Students (designee) and University Chaplain, Boston University in 1976 and the Director of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Afro-American Center at Boston University from 1973 to1976.
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