Links:
The Black Star Project's website:
Black Star Jounral:
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Susan Taylor, the Mother of Mentoring in America, Is Asking You To Be "In" for Our Children. Become a mentor!
 
Why Mentor?
Because this is our state of emergency today:
- Of all Black fourth-graders, 58% are functionally illiterate.
- In some cities, 80% of our boys drop out before finishing high school.
- Every day 1,000 Black children are arrested.
- 1 in every 8 African American males ages 25-29 is incarcerated.
- The number one cause of death for our boys is homicide.
Click Here: If you have 60 Seconds to watch this video, you will become a mentor too.
If you wish to become a mentor in cities with National Cares Mentoring Movement Circles, Click Here or if you do not have a National Cares Mentoring Movement Circle in your city, Click Here to learn how to start one.
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Study: Parents More Influential Than Schools in Academic Success
October 10, 2012
Parents who want their
children to succeed academically in school have more influence over that
outcome than the schools themselves, according to a study by
researchers from three universities.
"The effort that parents
are putting in at home in terms of checking homework, reinforcing the
importance of school, and stressing the importance of academic
achievement is ultimately very important to their children's academic
achievement," Dr. Toby Parcel, professor of sociology at North Carolina
State University in Raleigh, N.C. and a co-author of the study,
told Education Week.
To arrive at their findings, researchers used the National Education Longitudinal Study data to
evaluate social capital at home and at school. Parcel said her group
evaluated results from 10,000 12th graders, taking into account their
composite test scores in math, reading, science, and history to measure
achievement levels.
Researchers compared
measures of "family social capital" and "school social capital,"
discovering that even in schools that had low social capital, students
were more likely to excel if their family social capital scores were
high.
Measures of family social capital included:
* Does the parent check the student's homework?
* Does the parent attend school meetings?
* Does the parent attend school events?
* How much trust does the parent have in the child?
* How often do students report discussing school programs, activities, and classes with parents?
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Attend the 2012
100 Black Men of Chicago, Inc. College Fair
Saturday, October 13, 2012
9:00am to 2:00pm
UIC forum
725 West Roosevelt Road
Chicago, Illinois  |
Free Screening and Live Panel Discussion Afterwards
Health, Nutrition, and "Food As Medicine"
FRIDAY, October 12, 2012
6:00-9:00 PM
The Communiversity
Jacob Carruthers Center For Inner City Studies
Northeastern Illinois University
700 E. Oakwood Blvd
Chicago IL 60653
As chicken breasts get
bigger and tomatoes are genetically engineered not to go bad, 73,000
Americans fall ill from powerful new strains of E. Coli every year,
obesity levels are skyrocketing, and adult diabetes has reached epidemic
proportions. We definitely, must begin to think more carefully about
the food we put into our bodies.
Health, Nutrition, and "Food As Medicine"
Panel Discussion Featuring:
- Dr. Terry Mason, Chief Medical Officer, Cook County Health and Hospitals System
- Prince Asiel Ben Israel, Founder of Soul Vegetarian Restaurant, Chairman of A Better World Organization
- Mr. Fred Carter, President and Executive Director, Black Oaks Center for Sustainable Living
- Attorney Jeanette Foremen, Real Men Charities Inc, and SOS Project
- Attorney Jack Childs, JD, Food Entrepreneur and Moderator
Click Here to see a preview of Food, Inc. |
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An Oakland, California, program emphasizes keeping mix of
educators on the job
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Cicely Day, a 3rd grade teacher at PLACE at Prescott School in
Oakland, consoles one of her students, Earl Johnson. Ms. Day became a
teacher in Oakland through a program aimed at making the teaching corps
more representative of the student body and the community. |
Oakland, Calif.
October 9, 2012
As the country's K-12
student population grows more ethnically diverse, students of color face
the troubling possibility of never having a teacher who looks like
them.
According to federal
data, more than 40 percent of students are nonwhite, compared to just 17
percent of teachers, and that mismatch appears to be on the rise.
But a new project here
is taking a deeper aim at the factors contributing to what's sometimes
called the "teacher-diversity gap." The organizers hope to encourage
more adults from a variety of ethnicities and backgrounds to enter the
profession-and stay in it.
Teach Tomorrow in
Oakland, begun in 2008, guides adults from the city as they fulfill
credential requirements, pass their licensing tests, navigate the hiring
process, and-crucially-negotiate the tumultuous first few years in the
classroom.
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Join
Che "Rhymefest" Smith at
Christ Universal Temple's
Youth Summit
Please call 773.568.2282 to register before October 16, 2012 |
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New Jersey Fathers Run for their Children 
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For Just $12.00,
You Can Help Combat Crime in America
The
mission of the National Block Club University is to combat crime and
disorder throughout 167 of America's most dangerous neighborhoods.
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Syron Smith
CEO
National Block Club University |
Dear Friends of Peace and Justice,
National Block Club University is a daily process structured to create, nurture, and sustain strong, safe neighborhoods.
NBCU
is currently engaged in a campaign to match a Challenge Grant made
available by Margot Pritzker, an heir of the Hyatt Hotels.
We have until
October 14, 2012 to get 500 families to contribute $12.00 per
household. When we do this, Margot will expand her giving to help
support our activities through 2012.
Make your donation today
by contacting Claudette Redic at 312.437.1411 to schedule a Tuesday,
Wednesday or Thursday pick-up. or you can use http://www.nationalblockclubuniversity.com/
website to make a Pay Pal or credit/debit card payment. You may also
mail your payment to NBCU at 6556 S. Talman, Chicago, IL 60629.
Follow the work
of NBCU on You Tube under Syron Smith. We thank you in advance for
helping us meet the challenge to support our own communities.
Thank you in advanced for your support. | |
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