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Listen and View Some of the Best Policy and Strategy Sessions Ever for Improving the Lives of Black Males...
Black Male Re-Imagined II
Click Here to see and hear: Star Jones Talks Justice with Trayvon Martin's Mother
Click Here to see and hear: Van Jones: What the Trayvon Martin Justice Movement Means
Click Here to see and hear: Chicago Artist FM Supreme and Chicago Filmmaker Richard Taylor - 'PUSH'
Click Here to see and hear: Navarrow Wright: 'Closing the Digital Divide: Perception Problem'
Click Here
to see and hear: Former GOP Chief Michael Steele and Former New York
State Governor David Paterson: Public Policy & Black Men & Boys
Click Here to see and hear: Comedian Baratunde Thurston - 'Perception and Comedy'
Click Here to see and hear: Shawn Dove Close the Strategy Session
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Young
Black Men from High Schools in Detroit, Ann Arbor, Benton Harbor and
Kalamazoo, Michigan; Gary, South Bend, Indianapolis, Hammond and East
Chicago, Indiana; St. Louis, Missouri; Davenport, Clinton and Iowa City,
Iowa; Milwaukee, Beloit, Racine and Madison, Wisconsin; and Peoria,
Springfield, North Chicago, Waukegan, Kankakee, Champaign, Evanston,
Maywood, Broadview, Decatur, Joliet, Elgin, Aurora, Danville and Chicago
Should Attend This College Fair!
Saturday, April 6, 2012
10:00 am to 1:00 pm Lake Shore Ramada 4900 South Lake Shore Drive Chicago, Illinois 40 colleges - applications- scholarships - workshops College interested in participating should call Ivory at 773.285.9600. |
Jordan Davis killed for loud music: mirror image of the Martin case? Another "Stand Your Ground" Murder of a Young Black Man Details
differ between the shooting of 17-year-old Jordan Davis and unarmed
teen Trayvon Martin earlier this year. But in both cases, older armed
men initiated arguments with black teenagers and fired deadly bullets
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(L. to r.) A Wolfson
High School classmate of Jordan Davis breaks down outside the funeral
home where the visitation with Jordan's family was taking place at the
Hardage-Giddens Funeral Home in the Mandarin area of Jacksonville, Fla.,
on Nov. 28. Friends of Jordan comfort one another outside the funeral
home. Bob Self/The Florida Times-Union/AP
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By Patrik Jonsson
November 30, 2012
ATLANTA - Florida's
landmark "stand your ground" self-defense law is again in the
spotlight after the Nov. 23 shooting of an unarmed black teenager,
Jordan Davis, by 40-something software developer and gun collector
Michael Dunn after an argument about loud music outside a Jacksonville convenience store.
Jordan's death is drawing comparisons to the shooting of unarmed black teen Trayvon Martin in February by neighborhood watchman George Zimmerman,
chiefly because both shooters are expected to claim immunity from
prosecution under the state's 2005 stand your ground law that ended any
legal requirement for lawful citizens to back away from danger, even in
public places.
In
the shooting of Jordan Davis, Mr. Dunn, after stopping at a convenience
store, asked a group of black youths to turn down loud music pouring
out of their SUV. According to Dunn, he felt threatened when Jordan
began trash-talking him. He fired eight shots into the SUV after he
says one of the people brandished a shotgun. Police did not find any
weapons, but Dunn's lawyer says the group could have ditched it.
Jacksonville police
have already said that Dunn, not the boys, was at fault. "It was loud,
they admitted that, but that's not a reason for someone to open fire on
them and take action," said Lt. Rob Schoonover of the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office.
While
the Davis case is getting national attention, largely because of the
racial narrative of another older white man killing a black teenager in a
public place, the debate hasn't risen to the fever pitch of the Martin
shooting aftermath. The main reason is that police have already
charged Dunn with murder and attempted murder for his actions. And
unlike the Martin case, there are several strong eyewitnesses to the
shooting.
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Sexting prevalent among
minority teens, study finds
By Geoffrey Mohan
March 1, 2013
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The Black Star Project. |
It
turns out that a fair number of people send the cryptic and racy
messages, and behavioral scientists who study issues as varied as
sexual mores, shame and suicide are curious. Depending
on your definition of sexting (Words only? Photos?) and what groups
you're surveying, 2.5% to 25% of the population sends them and 7% to
34.5% receives them (some, accidentally). And
that's just the folks who admit it. A recent report suggests that
almost 40% of young people reported sending such messages, and almost
50% reported receiving them. Their study, published
in the journal Cyberpsychology, Behavior and Social Networking, found
that more than 20% of students reported sending either a nude or
semi-nude picture or video, or a text-only message, and more than 30%
reported receiving a sext. Black
males and females had similar sexting habits, and both were more likely
than Latino males to join in the sexting trend. Latino females,
however, reported the lowest estimates for sexting behaviors. Click Here to Read Full Article |
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On Easter Sunday, March 31, 2013
America and the World Will Celebrate
Take A Young Black Man
To Worship Day!
With
75% of young Black males 16 to 24 years old in New York City not
working, with the leading cause of death for young Black men in American
being homicide and with nearly 50% of the 2.3 million prisoners in
prisons in America being mostly young Black men, the questions arises, "What would Jesus do in these times?" And the answer is, He
would take a young Black man to worship! Easter Sunday is a great time
for you and your church to make a commitment to help and support young
Black men. Call Nathan at 773.285.9600 receive an organizing guide and
to join the list of faith organization across America that have
participated in this program.
Please see places of worship that have participated in recent "Take A Young Black Man To Worship" Days:
- St. Mark's Presbyterian Church - Beachwood, Ohio - Rev. Carmen D. Cox Harwell
- Faith Community Assembly - Boilingbrook, Illinois - Rev. Kenneth L. Gogins
- Columbus Avenue A.M.E Zion Church - Boston, Massachusetts - Rev. Jina Casey
- Heaven on Earth (COGIC) - Brooklyn, New York - Pastor Douglas Howard
- By Faith M.B. Church - Chicago, Illinois - Pastor Bennie Mc Clain
- 1st Corinthian Baptist Church - Chicago, Illinois - Pastor James Thomas
- ABBA Church of Renewed Faith - Chicago, Illinois - Rev. Sharyon Cosey
- Anointed Heirs Outreach - Chicago, Illinois - Apostle Edward Anderson
- Apostle House of Prayer - Chicago, Illinois - Elder Raynard Kelly
- Bethlehem Star Church - Chicago, Illinois - Rev. Roosvelt Walker Jr.,
- Bright Star Church - Chicago, Illinois - Pastor Christopher Harris
- Buren Chapel AME Church - Chicago, Illinois - Project Manger David Jones
- Cathedral MB Church - Chicago, Illinois - Doris Hollins
- Christ Temple Cathedral Church of Holiness - Chicago, Illinois - Gregory Wilkerson
- Church of the Good Shepard, UCC - Chicago, Illinois - Rev. Jesse Knox
- Divine Church, (Youth Peace Center of Roseland) - Chicago, Illinois - Pastor C.E. Watkins
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Evening Star Missionary Baptist Church - Chicago, Illinois -
Rev. Vesta Dixon
- Faith Lutheran Church - Chicago, Illinois - Pastor Howard Lindsey
- Fathers Who Cares - Chicago, Illinois - Min. Walter Jones
- Grace and Truth Apostolic Tabernacle - Chicago, Illinois - Rev. Robert Smith
- Greater Morning View Church - Chicago, Illinois - Pastor Harrington
- Harzell Memorial Church, UMC - Chicago, Illinois - Rev. Michelle Taylor Sanders
- Liberation for Christ Ministries - Chicago, Illinois - Pastor. Wilcoxon
- New Birth Christian Center - Chicago, Illinois - Apostle Robbie Wilkerson
- New Day Ministries International - Chicago, Illinois - Rev. Gregory C. Austin
- New Deliverance Church - Chicago, Illinois - Dr. Larry Gaston
- New Hope Alliance INC./S.O.S. Prayer Group - Chicago, Illinois - Elder Katie Pierce
- New Memorial M.B Church - Chicago, Illinois - Rev. Roosvelt Walker Jr., Rev. Bernard Clark
- New Mt. Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church - Chicago, Illinois - Rev. Walter Jones
- Omega Baptist Church - Chicago, Illinois - Rev. Ira Wheaton
- Peoples Church of the Harvest - Chicago, Illinois - Superintendent Dr. Michael Eaddy
- Sinai Christian Center - Chicago, Illinois - Rev. A. Claude Wesley
- South Lawn United Methodist Church - Chicago, Illinois - Pastor Pickens, Deacon David Jones
- St. Elizabeth Catholic School - Chicago, Illinois - Princpal Nakia Garcia
- St. Elizabeth Catholic Church - Chicago, Illinois - Father Richard Andrus
- St. John Missionary Baptist Church - Chicago, ILLINOIS - Rev. Dr. Edward Davis, Jr.
- St. Jude Apostle Church - Chicago, Illinois - Linda Csea
- St. Mary of Perpetual Help - Chicago, Illinois - Rev. Rick Moreno
- St. Sabina Catholic Church - Chicago, Illinois - Father Michael Pfleger
- Triedstone Full Gospel Baptist Church - Chicago, Illinois - Bishop Simon Gordon
- Trinity United Church of Christ Chicago, Illinois - Rev. Otis Moses
- Vernon Park Church of God - Chicago, Illinois - Rev. Johthan Hall
- Youth Peace Center - Chicago,Illinois - Roger Jones
- Columbus Avenue A.M.E Zion Church - Chicago,Illinois - Pastor Jina Casey
- Divine Temple GOGIC - Delray Beach, Florida - C. Ron
- Liberty Temple Baptist Church - Detroit, Michigan - Rev. Steve Bland,Jr.
- Shrines of the Black Madonna of the Pan African Orthodox Christian Church - Detroit, Michigan - Pastor Mbiyu Chui
- Breeding Saints Global Church - Elgin, Illinois - Bishop Kendrick Scales
- Bridge Street AME Church - Indianapolis, Indiana - Pastor J.P. Smith
- Second Baptist Church - May's Lick, Kentucky - Rev. L. Rodney Bennett
- Greater St. Paul COGIC - Minneapolis, Minnesota - Elder William Green
- St. Martha Catholic Church - Morton Grove, Illinois - Father Dennis O'Neil
- Bethel World Prayer Fellowship Inc - New Bern, North Carolina - Rev. James Heath
- Heath Memorial Baptist Church - New York, New York - Rev Dr. Renee F. Washington Gardner
- St. Paul Baptist Church - Pennsylvania - Deacon William Gresham
- Total Faith Community Church - Rockford, Illinois - Rev. Steve Cossey
- Star of Bethlehem COGIC - Washington, D.C. - Bishop Harvey Lewis
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Parents, educators and community members
are invited to join the
Black Star Community PTA
on
Saturday, March 16, 2013
9:30am - 11:00am
at
3509 South King Drive
Chicago, Illinois
Topics: - BSCPTA Responds to Violence in Schools
- BSCPTA Discusses Potential School Closings
- BSCPTA Discusses Outreach to the Community
Click Here to learn how to start a community PTA in your community or city.
Please call 773.285.9600 for more information.
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Calling All Fathers, Stepfathers, Foster Fathers, Grandfathers, Godfathers, Uncles, Brothers and Male Caregivers!
Join
The Black Star Project's
Million Fathers Club
to see the best
Men's College Basketball (FREE)
The
DePaul University
Blue Demons
vs.
University of Pittsburgh
Panthers
Saturday, March 9, 2013
at
Allstate Arena
6920 North Mannheim Road
Rosemont, Illinois
Game starts at 1:00 pm.
Please
call 773.285.9600 to RSVP or for more information about this game. Men
and women of all races, ethnicities and faith backgrounds may and should
attend this event with their children.
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 Culture, Not Curriculum, May Be Key to High School Reform  | |
School leaders can improve student achievement by empowering teachers and engaging parents, one expert says.
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November 12, 2012
Resurrecting a struggling high school is more about changing culture than curriculum, according to Charles Payne, a University of Chicago professor and affiliate of the university's Urban Education Institute.
Schools should be places where teachers are trusted, students are challenged, and parents are engaged,
Payne said Friday at an annual conference hosted by the Education
Trust, an advocacy group. When that happens, students show up and
teachers stick around, and that alone can boost student achievement.
"If you can get your
students to ... show up regularly, if you can get the teachers to stay
in one school ... then students have a better chance to develop, even
if we hold the quality of teaching constant," he told a ballroom full of
educators and administrators. "We've got to stop worrying about the
particular plants we are planting, and worry more about the soil."
Teacher collaboration,
strong community ties, rigorous instruction, supportive leadership,
and a safe learning climate can all help change the makeup of the soil,
he said, but those elements are futile on their own. Without support
from their principal, colleagues, and parents, educators who are
excited about engaging their students will eventually revert back to
the status quo of teaching with workbooks and answer sheets, he added.
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