Do Not Grow Weary or Lose Heart; New Jim Crow Social Justice Movement Heads to Nebraska; Black Men of Honor College Fair; What's Missing Is Rage!; Black Women Greatly Outnumber Black Men at HBCU's

Making Progress; Moving Forward! What's Missing Is Rage! - Harry Belafonte Links: The Black Star Project's website: blackstarproject.org Black Star Jounral: blackstarjournal.org Become a Member: Click Here Event Calendar: Click Here Like us on Facebook:   'Do Not Grow Weary or Lose Hope'   By Vincent G. Harding   "When you're surrounded by Fannie Lou Hamer and Amzie Moore and Septima Clark and Malcolm X and Martin King and Ella J. Baker, and when you take seriously those lives and the thousands like them, then it seems to me that the first response to what we've been through in these last few years is the question that one of my friends said she is always asking: What is the gift? For she assumes that life is full of gifts, sometimes absolutely disguised gifts. She assumes that whatever we are in the midst of, especially when it's fear-provoking and despair-encouraging, it is so necessary, so important, to keep asking, "What is the gift here?"   Read More... Michelle Alexander and The New Jim Crow Social Justice Movement Arrive in Nebraska on Saturday, March 10, 2010    People in Omaha, Lincoln, North Platte and Grand Island, Nebraska;  Sioux City, Des Moines, Davenport and Iowa City, Iowa; Sioux Falls, South Dakota; Minneapolis and Rochester, Minnesota; St. Joseph and Kansas City, Missouri; Overland Park, Topeka and Kansas City, Kansas; Cheyenne, Wyoming; and Denver, Colorado are encouraged to attend this event.     "Much like a great explorer, Michelle Alexander has discovered another America--a bizarro world where prejudice and discrimination have replaced truth and justice. An America that is as intent on destroying young Black men as it is at proclaiming its passion for freedom and fairness. Even some of the most conscious and best-intentioned Americans can't see The New Jim Crow and their roles in supporting it. Michelle Alexander holds a mirror up to America and reveals a monster!"  - Phillip Jackson, The Black Star Project    Read More... Read More... Take Young Men and/or Young Women to a Free College Basketball Game through a  Million Fathers Club Events    UIC Women vs University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee   7:00 PM Thursday, March 1, 2012 at  525 South Racine Street UIC Pavilion  Chicago, Illinois  *************************************************  DePaul University Men Blue Demons vs Seton Hall 5:00 PM Saturday, March 3, 2012 at AllState Arena 6920 North Mannheim Rd Rosemont, Illinois   *************************************************  UIC Women vs University of Wisconsin at Greenbay  3:00 PM Saturday, March 3, 2012  at UIC Pavilion  525 South Racine  Chicago, Illinois   Please call Bruce Walker at 773-285-9600 for more information or to reserve your FREE tickets! Black Male Teachers Becoming Extinct     "There are African American men all over the country with skills, and with passion, that can serve these boys in so many capacities that they don't even know," King says. "It makes a huge difference because [the students] are able to be comfortable with themselves, they're able to see what they'll become one day, and if those images are positive, it raises their self identity to another level."   King hopes that by reaching his young black boys early, he'll be able to help them build a strong educational foundation that will allow them to buck another troubling trend: the low number of African American males entering and graduating from college. A recent report from the Department of Education showed that males are now a distinct minority on campus-even at historically black colleges and universities.   Read More... Black Women Greatly Out Number Black Men at HBCU's.  Who Will Professional Black Women Marry?   Of Black males who make it to an HBCU, only 29 percent will graduate within six years, which is worse than the 33 percent national average of black males at all colleges. Nationally, the six-year graduation rate is 57 percent.   The gender gap is magnified at Clark Atlanta University, where a staggering 74 percent of the students are female. Last fall, as the school welcomed one of the largest freshman classes in history - more than 1,000 - fewer than 100 were men.   Read More... One of the best options for educating Black students in America -- Saturday University     Please call 773.285.9600 to learn how to start a Saturday University in your city.  We have 15 free Saturday Universities operating in and around Chicago.  Please call 773.285.9600 to register your child for free academic enhancement or for more information about Saturday University.   Read More... Belafonte - "What's missing is that rage." It was both a walk down memory lane and a call to action when singer, actor, civil rights activist and international humanitarian Harry Belafonte spoke at St. Sabina Church.  Part of a Black History Month program that also brought Princeton Professor Cornel West to the South Side church on Sunday, Belafonte, espousing incendiary views on racism and capitalism for six decades, did not hold back during his presentation Friday night.   Read More...

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Wednesday, February 29, 2012 Mitt In Michigan MEDIA James Murdoch Steps Down From News International Post POLITICS Obama Waives Rule Allowing Indefinite Military Detention Of Americans BUSINESS It's One Of Those Recoveries Where People Can't Afford Food WORLD Syrian Official: Homs To Be 'Cleaned' PARENTS What To Expect When You're Expecting On Leap Day BLOG POSTS Marlo Thomas: Tragedy in Ohio: When the Bullied Strike Back Bullying is not, as some allege, some mandatory rite of passage that young people must endure on their journey to adulthood. This is not "kids just being kids." This is a murderous game that young people are playing all across this country, and without immediate intervention by adults -- parents, teachers, community leaders -- we will continue to see more and more deaths, and the slow and painful obliteration of a generation. It is tempting to call the horrid news from Ohio this week a wake-up call, but that is both disingenuous and naive. We've had far too many wake-up calls already. Valerie Jarrett: Protecting Women and Their Children Around the World When women are denied the chance to contribute because of domestic violence our entire society suffers. When women have a chance to achieve their dreams, everybody benefits. And when women succeed, society as a whole does better. Dr. Andrew Weil: Walk Like an Australian, Lose 10 Pounds Gasoline is expensive, money is tight, and obesity in America is at record levels -- three good reasons to make the spring of 2012 the time to get serious about walking. Dr. Patricia Fitzgerald: Happy Tails: Amazing Stories of Rescued Pets The decision to be a pet guardian is an enormous one. There are many factors to consider when deciding what kind of pet to bring home -- large or small, young or old, dog, cat, or tortoise -- and especially where to find your new animal companion. Ted Kaufman: Greece's Debt Crisis Bodes Ill for Us All There are lots of catch-22s in this terrible crisis, and they should have been taken into account when the eurozone was first established.

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