Chicago Public Schools on Pace to Arrest 4500 Students this School Year; In United States, Latinos Are Closing Racial Academic Gap; In California, Brother II Brother Mentors Young Males; Outstanding Black Male Educational Achievement Conference in Chicago; Use Library Card to Free Black Male Prisoners

Making Progress; Moving Forward! Chicago Public Schools On Pace to Arrest 4500 Students Latinos Closed Racial Academic Gap Black Male Education Conference Brother II Brother Mentors Youth First Annual Mother/Son Dance Those Who Work For Peace Join Father Pfleger 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:   2,546 arrests of juveniles on Chicago Public School's property in 6 months from September 2011 through February 2012.  Chicago is on pace for 4,500 arrests of students this year. Black students 26 times more likely to be arrested than White students.   Age      2011-2012 School Year   7                        0                             8                        0                             9                        3                             10                      8                             11                     17                            12                     71                            13                    159                 14                    329 15                    575                             16                    705 17                    498                             18                    181                               Race       2011-2012 School Year  Black              1915 Hispanic           540 White                 75 Asian                 14 Amer. Indian        0 Unknown             2   Gender       2011-2012 School Year Female               707 Male                 1839    Total arrest of juveniles on CPS property between September 2011 and February 2012 - 2,546 arrests   Click Here to read full story Blacks and Hispanics Have Different Educational Needs In the United States, Latino Students Closed Racial Gap with White Students While Black Students Continue to Lag Behind Photo contributed by The Black Star Project By Richard Whitmire  MaY 5, 2012   Plenty of large urban school districts nationwide were making solid progress with Hispanic students closing achievement gaps with white students. But African-American students continued to lag.   Hispanic students in recent years have been making faster progress than black students.   At successful Hispanic schools, you are more likely to see a school culture based on connections to family with teachers employing an unstructured curriculum emphasizing visual instruction.   Read More... The Black Star Project presents the Second Annual Midwest Black Male Educational Achievement Conference Saturday, May 19, 2012 at the Ramada Inn 4900 Lake Shore Drive Chicago, Illinois  Featuring  Dr. Umar Abdullah Johnson, Philadelphia, PA Dr. Ivory A. Toldson, Washington, D.C.. Dr. Garrard O. McClendon, Chicago, IL Parents, educators and community activist from St. Louis, Missouri; Davenport, Iowa;  Detroit, Flint, Kalamazoo, Battle Creek, Benton Harbor, Lansing and Ann Arbor - Michigan; Milwaukee, Madison, Racine and Beloit - Wisconsin; Rockford, Peoria, Springfield, Rock Island, Kankakee, Waukegan, Joliet, Elgin, Decatur, East St. Louis, Danville, Quincy and Champaign - Illinois; Indianapolis, Gary, Fort Wayne, Hammond, East Chicago, Michigan City and South Bend - Indiana should attend this conference. ------------------------------------------------------ Join us for one of the best conferences in the United States on educating Black male students with workable ideas and concrete solutions.  The cost for this one day conference is $200.00.  This is one of the last chances for schools to use their parental involvement funds for this school year.  Please call 773.285.9600 for more information or to RSVP. Click Here for More Information Click Here to Register for Conference Click Here to Learn About Hotel Accommodations In Riverside, California, BIIB (Brother-to-Brother) Partners with Delta Sigma Theta At The University of California Riverside to Mentor Young Men   May 12, 2012 Brother II Brother will host another Mentoring Day at the University of California Riverside. This is a RSVP event ONLY.   Click Here to RSVP for this mentor day.  Click Here to view photo's of 2011 UCR Mentoring Day   Join The Black Star Project for our First Annual Mother/Son Dance (The Day Before Mothers Day) Saturday, May 12, 2012 at The Black Star Ballroom 3509 South King Drive Chicago Illinois 3:00 pm to 5:30 pm for young men 13 to 18 years old and their mothers Please call 773.285.9600 to RSVP for the Mother/Son Dance or to learn how to bring a Mother/Son Dance to your city.   State Senator Jacqueline Collins Seeks to Help Students in the 16th Legislative District of Illinois Apply for an Illinois General Assembly Scholarship to a State University or College. Illinois State Senator Jacqueline Y. Collins (center) If you are a college eligible student who lives in the 16th Legislative District of Illinois, this is an opportunity for you to receive a state scholarship.   Click Here to see if you reside in the 16th Legislative District of Illinois.   Click Here for an application for a scholarship if you live in the 16th Legislative District.of Illinois. Join Father Michael Pfleger and St. Sabina Church   Use A Library Card and Help Free Hundreds of Thousands of Black Men Incarcerated in America   Join the movement to stop the American system of The New Jim Crow by checking a book out of your local library or by buying and reading a paperback copy of The New Jim Crow. All high school and college students must read this book!     Read More...