| Susan Taylor Wants You To Be "In"! |
| Harry Belafonte "I'm In!" | | Danny Glover "I'm In!" | | Mariah Carey "I'm In!" | | Oprah Winfrey "I'm In!" | And so are Diddy, Terrence Howard and Spike Lee! 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.
Cities Participating in the National Cares Mentoring Movement Anchorage Annapolis Atlanta Augusta Austin Baltimore Birmingham Brooklyn Broward County (Fort Lauderdale) Charleston Charlotte Cincinnati Columbia, S.C. Cleveland Dallas Dayton Denver Detroit Frederick County Greensboro Hampton Roads (Virginia) Harlem Houston Jackson, MS Jacksonville Las Vegas Little Rock Los Angeles Memphis Miami Minneapolis Montgomery Nashville National Capitals Area New Orleans Newark Oakland Bay Area Omaha Orlando Philadelphia Phoenix Pittsburgh Raleigh Sacramento San Antonio Dan Diego Savannah Seattle St. Louis St. Louis Metro East Tacoma Tuskegee University of Arkansas - Pine Bluff Windy City (Chicago) If you wish to volunteer in any of the above cities 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. I'm in!!! And you should be too! |
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