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Monday, January 23, 2012

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THE BIG STORY, BY E.J. DIONNE
Conservatives may denounce class warfare, yet by shrewdly combining the politics of class with the politics of culture, Newt Gingrich won his first election in 14 years, humbled Mitt Romney and upended the Republican Party. While drawing on resentment and class lines to corner Romney, he also tapped in to South Carolina's old racial divides. When Fox News' Juan Williams, an African-American journalist, directly challenged Gingrich about the racial overtones of Gingrich's staple reference to Obama as "the food-stamp president," the former House Speaker verbally pummeled him, to raucous cheers. As if to remind everyone of the power of coded language, a supporter later praised Gingrich for putting Williams "in his place." READ MORE
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FEATURED COLUMN: DAVID CAY JOHNSTON
A tax return says a lot about a man, especially one aspiring to be president.

If Mitt Romney makes good on his promise during Thursday night's Republican debate to release "multiple years" of his returns, it will likely stir up rather than calm the political storm -- unless he makes public all of his returns from 1984 through 1999. Those are the years when he built a fortune of more than $200 million while running Bain Capital Management. READ MORE
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REPUBLICAN PRIMARY
The Sunshine State is six times larger than New Hampshire, has almost five times more Hispanics than Iowa, and, with ten media markets, is much more expensive for candidates than South Carolina. The unemployment rate here is 10 percent, much higher than the national 8.5 percent jobless figure. And more than 2 percent of all housing units in Florida -- which hosts the next Republican primary on January 31 --were involved in foreclosure last year. READ MORE
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ARIZONA
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona announced Sunday she will resign from Congress this week to concentrate on recovering from wounds suffered in the assassination attempt in January 2011 that shook the country. "I don't remember much from that horrible day, but I will never forget the trust you placed in me to be your voice," the Democratic lawmaker said in a video posted on her Facebook page. READ MORE
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FEATURED COLUMN: LEONARD PITTS JR.
It seems that one Jeffrey Darnell Paul, a graphic artist from Miami Beach, had been tasked with creating a poster for a strip club's so-called "I Have a Dream Bash" last week in apparent "honor" of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. So this genius concocts an image of the nation's greatest human rights leader holding up a fan of hundred dollar bills like some low-rent "playa" while a scantily clad woman looks on. READ MORE
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FOOTBALL
Four years after New York stunned previously undefeated New England in the Arizona desert, the Patriots and Giants are going at it again at the Super Bowl -- this time in Indianapolis. And embattled former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno, having been fired for his neglect in the child abuse scandal at that program, died this weekend of lung cancer. READ MORE
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Monday's Daily Brief

Monday, January 23, 2012
Arianna Huffington: Bonjour! Le Huffington Post, an international collaboration bringing together Le Monde, Les Nouvelles Éditions Indépendantes, and the Huffington Post Media Group's signature mix of news, blogging, community, and social engagement, arrives today. While we will be importing the platform, technology, and tools from across the pond, Le Huffington Post will be rooted in French culture and will reflect France's own unique personality, rich culture, and diversity of voices. And it will do so at a time when France's fortunes, challenges, and decisions are of great consequence not only to the people of France but to all of Europe and the world beyond. For me, today's launch is the culmination of a lifetime of loving France and I'm delighted to invite readers in France and French speakers throughout the world -- as well as those who care about its people, issues, and rich culture -- to join the conversation.
SPORTS
Super Bowl Matchup Set
UK
Britain, France And US Send Warships Through Gulf
POLITICS
Wasserman Schultz: Rep. Giffords Decided To Resign On Anniversary Of Tucson Shootings
POLITICS
Romney's Weak Week Leave The Former Shoo-In Stewing, Hoping For Florida Comeback In Florida
BUSINESS
Scientists Debate If Another Culprit Triggered Toyota's Sudden Acceleration Problem: Tin Whiskers
BLOG POSTS
Anne Sinclair: Who We Are
Le Huffington Post will be a place to celebrate, debate, argue, imagine and inform. The media, in whatever form, is essential to the health of a democracy. And our team is united in our plans to be a small but essential part of this.
Robert Kuttner: Obama's Mixed Messages
President Obama is planning to strike a "populist" note in his State of the Union Address and in his re-election campaign. But economic populism would be a lot more credible if it had been the consistent message and program of his presidency.
Mark L. Walberg: What I've Learned on Antiques Roadshow
I will never be an expert on antiques. I will never be able to tell you if Ben Franklin once sat in that chair, or if it's from Ikea circa last Tuesday. But thanks to the people I meet on the road, I am beginning to learn what is truly valuable.
Klaus Schwab: Beating the Burnout
After a year characterized by major upheavals, many feel like we are watching a global system disintegrate: financial and debt crises, unemployment, political paralysis, social inequality, food and energy crises, and the list goes on. There is an urgent need for leaders to act.
Patricia Zohn: Jules and Jim -- and Catherine
Today marks the 50th anniversary of Francois Truffaut's Jules and Jim.
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The Psycho-Academic War Against Black Boys; In California, Young Black Men Wish for Safe Route to School; The Honorable Minister Farrakhan Speaks on Education; Will You Host A Daddy/Daughter Dance 2012?; See Red Tails -- The Great American Film

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Special Education and Black Boys
The five stages of the Abdullah-Johnson theory of Black Male Alienation are 1) Miseducation, 2) Psychotropic Medication, 3) Mass Incarceration, 4) Frustration/Irritation, and 5) Extermination
  
The Psycho-Academic War Against Black Boys
  
"DRUGS & JAILS
WHEN ALL ELSE FAILS"
 
    
  
 
Opening Doors To Being Free
 
 See and Hear
Brother Dr. Umar Abdullah-Johnson
Umar Abdullah-Johnson (center left)
in Chicago
 
presenting on the
 PSYCHO-ACADEMIC WAR AGAINST BLACK BOYS
3:00 PM to 5:30 PM
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
West Englewood Public Library
1745 W. 63rd Street
Chicago, Illinois
Free and Open To the Public
 
presenting on the
PSYCHO-ACADEMIC WAR AGAINST BLACK BOYS
6:30 PM to 8:30 PM
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
The Black Star Project
3509 South King Drive
Chicago, Illinois
Free and Open To the Public
Call 773.285.9600 for more information
 
Presenting on the  
PSYCHO-ACADEMIC WAR AGAINST BLACK BOYS
Registration, Refreshments and Q & A Reception
4:00PM  to 4:30 PM
Coping w/Disruptive Behaviors & Mental Illnesses:
Social and Emotional RtI Workshop
4:30 PM to 8:00 PM
Thursday, January 26, 2011
South Loop Hotel, 2600 S. State Street
Chicago, Illinois
COSTS:
Dr. Umar Johnson and next 4 workshops UPFRONT = (16 CEUs/CPDUs)
Full $75, Student/Retiree $40, Non-member $150
Dr. Umar Johnson ONLY at the door
Full $30, Student/Retiree $15, Nonmember $60 
 First 80 Upfront Payments Will Receive a FREE Gift
RSVP/Questions: bawshank@yahoo.com
 
July 21, 2010 
  
By Umar R. Abdullah-Johnson 
  
The professional nomenclature has now become household words. Children as young as six can now speak of "Ritalin," and "ADHD" with stunning efficiency of what these words mean. Teachers and principals are telling single-parent mothers that their sons need "CYCLERT" and "ADDERALL." Special education children are telling their instructors that they cannot be suspended from school for more than ten days because they have an "IEP." Teenage boys are blaming their behavior on "I didn't have my pill today."
  
As soon as children begin to show signs of a learning challenge parents are racing off to the schools begging for psycho-educational evaluations believing that their children have "learning disabilities" although they have just began to learn. Collectively, we have created a monster that is wreaking havoc upon Black boys in America the explication of which is central towards a correct understanding of the underachievement and socio-economic marginalization of Black men in the United States.
  
The Umar Abdullah-Johnson Theory of Black Male Alienation posits that a five-stage cycle of institutional repression exists that has effectively sent more black men to jail than it has to college. Any attempt to reverse this war against America's most misunderstood population begins with a firm analysis of the process and it's origins in boyhood. Americans, including Blacks, have become so desensitized to the pain of Black boys and so expectant of their failures that their pain is often overlooked and their achievements treated like occasional glitches in a system that has successfully made Black boys a permanent underclass in this country.
  
The five stages of the Abdullah-Johnson theory of Black Male Alienation are 1) Miseducation, 2) Psychotropic Medication, 3) Mass Incarceration, 4) Frustration/Irritation, and 5) Extermination.
  
It is the job of all Black institutions, parents, elected officials, clergymen and leaders to fight to keep our young men from falling into any of these aforementioned stages. Nearly every Black man in America has already been through one of these stages or is at-risk for being sucked into one at this very minute. This brief article cannot properly address the historical underpinnings of each stage in this vicious cycle but rather it seeks to draw everyone's attention to seven (7) facts regarding life as a Black boy in America.   
  • FACT #1: Black boys are turned off from public education based upon the treatment they receive by a primarily White female teacher population beginning in kindergarten and intensifying by middle school.
  • FACT #2: Black boys are referred for learning disability and special education support programs intentionally to remove them from the general student population due to routine behavior problems thusly preparing them for a life of marginalization and prison.
  • FACT #3: Black boys are sent to detention centers and juvenile delinquent programs which interrupts their schooling and encourages school drop-out especially in states where returning to public school after such a placement is illegal.
  • FACT #4: Prisons are being used as concentration camps for Black men to be detained since the society-at-large is not interested in hiring these men by equipping them with decent livable wage jobs.
  • FACT #5: American society is more responsible than any Black man for the destabilization of the Black family by stealing fathers away from sons and thusly removing role models and over-burdening Black women with the dual role of both working for and raising their children without any paternal assistance.
  • FACT #6: The war on drugs has been a war on Black men and has served to destroy the Black community and strip it of its most valuable resource, its men.
  • FACT #7: Black boys are more likely to be put on dangerous psychiatric medications for emotional problems while White boys are more likely to receive valuable psychotherapy for the causes of their behavior problems, which come with no side effects.  
This information has been written to serve as a warning to the Black community, and all of America, to stop institutionalizing and brain drugging our sons. They are normal children and can be successful like other youth, and will respond to love and proper treatment like anyone else.
  
To this end, I am offering free psycho-educational workshops for parents and community organizations to train them on how to protect their sons from premature and unnecessary labeling, drugging and illegal discipline practices that take place everyday in our public and charter schools. The training will highlight five areas of practice: a) special education law and procedure, b) school discipline law and procedure, c) disruptive behavior disorders and psychiatric medicine, d) effective behavioral modification strategies for Black boys and e) the history of Black boys in public education.
  
Umar R. Abdullah-Johnson is a nationally certified school psychologist & kinsman to Frederick Douglass. He is also the founder of the National Movement to Save Black Boys (NMSBB). He can be reached at (215) 989-9858 or umarabdullahjohnson@yahoo.com.  If you are interested in hosting this free training, anywhere in the U.S., please do not hesitate to contact him.
Celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Life by Praying The Devil Back To Hell  
Join us on Monday, January 23, 2012, 6:30 pm at 3509 South King Drive in Chicago to "Pray The Devil Back To Hell!!! If the women of Liberia can end violence by praying and acting, so can we!  We must pray and we must act, now!!!
On Good Friday in 1963, 53 blacks, led by Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., marched into downtown Birmingham to protest the existing segregation laws. All were arrested.
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Pray The Devil Back to Hell! 
on
Monday, January 23, 2012
Film: 6:30 pm 
Discussion and Prayer: 7:30 pm
at 
The Black Star Project
3509 South King Drive, Suite 2B
Chicago, Illinois
$5.00 for members - $10:00 for non-members.  
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Being sick and tired of being sick and tired of youth violence in America is not enough!  You must pray and you must act. On Monday, January 23, 2012, the men and women of Chicago will gather to see the powerful movement and documentary of women that brought peace to war torn Liberia, Pray The Devil Back To Hell.  And the men and women of Chicago will work to pray the devil of violence and despair that is in Chicago back to Hell! Join them. 
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Men and women across America can join this movement to Pray the Devil (of violence) Back to Hell in your city or town by calling 773.285.9600.  Click Here to view a trailer of the documentary.  Those who have attended previous showings of this documentary will be admitted free.
In Oakland, California, Black Males Students Wish for Safe Way To School
 
State hearings explore health of minority males 
 
 
By Bernice Yeung 
January 20, 2012
 
When it's 17-year-old Eric Gant's turn to testify today at an Oakland legislative hearing on the health and welfare of California's minority men and boys, he will ask for a safe way to get to school.
 
"Students deserve a safe path to school, like an adult wants a safe path to work," Gant, who is African American, told California Watch. "A safe pathway is so that you can walk down the street and nothing would happen, so you can get an education and make it home OK."
 
An outgoing and ambitious teen, Gant rattles off a few examples where he or students he knows have been targets of theft or violence on their way to school. "You think about it all day," he said of the threats. "You think about it the whole school year, maybe." He added that Oakland students need a safe place to do their homework
 
Gant's experience hints at one of the concerns that youth advocates have for this population: overlooked trauma related to violence in their neighborhoods. Nationally, Latino boys and young men are more than four times as likely to have post-traumatic stress disorder [PDF] as whites. African American boys are 2.5 times as likely.
 
Today's hearing is being convened by the Assembly Select Committee on the Status of Boys and Men of Color in California. Assemblyman Sandré Swanson, D-Oakland, said he formed the committee to examine the adverse conditions that some black, Latino and Asian boys experience and their effects on state resources and agencies. It also will look at the connections among issues like health, foster care, truancy, school dropouts, unemployment and incarceration.
 
"We are being holistic in what we are trying to do here," he said.
 
Youth advocates say the needs of this group must be addressed for the overall benefit of the state.
"If you have a segment of the population that is consistently failing and consistently incarcerated and marginalized and excluded, you can't have a state population that is thriving," said Marc Philpart, a senior associate with PolicyLink, which is coordinating a network of statewide nonprofits and researchers on the topic. "The good thing about the select committee is that it's an institutional mechanism for getting greater attention on the policy side of these particular issues, because there's no way that we can service our way out of these problems."
 
African American and Latino boys have higher odds of not having access to health care and experience higher rates of poverty, homicides and incarceration than their white counterparts, according to a 2009 statewide study [PDF] produced by the RAND Corp.
 
The RAND study documented various health and welfare concerns related to unemployment and incarceration among California's minority men and boys. A 2010 national report [PDF] on the same topics found that, among other things, "when it comes to health and other outcomes, the odds for boys and men of color are more than two times worse" than for their white counterparts.
 
"There's a lot of qualitative data on how young boys of color are faring emotionally," said Cassandra L. Joubert, director of the Central California Children's Institute, who has researched minority youth. "It suggests that they are under a lot of stress and are exposed to a lot of trauma because their neighborhoods are unsafe, they face a lot of life challenges, their parents are having difficulties, or their friends are being murdered. It's a whole host of things."
 
Community organizations and academics in Fresno, Oakland and Los Angeles also are examining
these issues.
 
In Fresno, researchers confirmed many of the RAND findings. They also found that black and Latino boys had higher rates of emergency room visits for asthma and sexually transmitted diseases than whites. Nearly 45 percent of Fresno County's HIV cases are among Latino men, compared with 32 percent among whites and 3 percent among Asians. Only half of Fresno's African American boys and 60 percent of Latino boys had a stable source of health care.
 
Joubert of the Central California Children's Institute said these statistics can be partially explained by poverty and a lack of awareness of health issues in Fresno. "A greater appreciation for how and where you live, and the resources in your community that are there or not there, or the dangers in your community and the role of place in health would help," said Joubert, who conducted the Fresno study.
 
Oakland health, safety and other demographic data culled by the Urban Strategies Council found that African Americans were most likely to be victims of homicide and had the highest mortality rate, at 962 deaths per 100,000 people, compared with a countywide rate of 630 deaths per 100,000. Thirty-two percent of African American men had high blood pressure, compared with 26 percent for all males, and 31 percent were obese, compared with 19 percent overall.
 
The Los Angeles report has not yet been released.
 
Today's hearing in Oakland is one in a series that will be held across the state; similar events will be held in Los Angeles on March 2, Fresno on April 13 and Sacramento on Aug. 3.
 
Swanson said the hearings will help legislators generate new policy ideas. Those under consideration are support for school-based health clinics and an examination of the relationship between truancy and incarceration.
 
Gant, the Oakland student, decided to bring his safe pathways to school idea to legislators after he participated in an event for youth and community members Saturday at the Oakland Museum of California in preparation for the hearing today.
 
Students at last week's event said they were concerned with gangs and police brutality; they also worry that there are "no grocery stores in the 'hood" and that there "are not many safe places where you can just hang out."
 
Gant participates in a number of youth organizations, including a leadership program through Kids First Oakland, and he said he thought that the research showing that minority boys and men had poorer health "could be true," but he thought it had more to do with money and resources. One of his personal mottos is "rich will thrive" because "money has a lot of power in the world, and the rich will survive and strive," he said.
 
"It depends on your circumstances and what you can afford," he said. "My mom, she tries to make healthy food, but I have friends who only eat ramen and McDonald's. It depends on what your job is, what your money situation is, or if you have five people living in one home and they're only making $48,000 a year. You can only do so much."
The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan Speaks to College Students About Education, Black People and the Future
at
Chicago State University
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
6:00 pm (Doors Open at 5:00 pm)
Jacoby Dickens Center
9500 South on King Drive
Chicago, Illinois
Colleges and Universities Invited:
Art Institute of Chicago
Aurora University
Benedictine University
Bradley University
Chicago State University
City Colleges or Chicago
Columbia College
Concordia University
DePaul University
DeVry University
Dominican University
East/West University
Eastern Illinois University
Elmhurst College
Governors State University
Illinois Institute of Technology
Illinois State University
Illinois Wesleyan University
Jacob H. Carruthers Center for Inner City Studies (NEIU)
Lake Forest College
Loyola University Chicago
National-Louis University
Northeastern Illinois University
Northern Illinois University
North Park University
Northwestern University
Robert Morris College
Roosevelt University
Saint Xavier University
Southern Illinois University - Carbondale
Southern Illinois University - Edwardsville
University of Chicago
University of Illinois Champaign Urbana
University of Illinois Chicago
University of Illinois Springfield
Western Illinois University
When Fathers Are Their Daughters First Date, Every Other Man After That Must Measure Up!
Men and women across America should/can plan and host a Daddy/Daughter Dance for Valentines Day. Call us at 773.285.9600 for an organizing kit to host a Daddy/Daughter Dance in your community or in your city.  Men in Chicago can register now for our February 11, 2012 Daddy/Daughter Dance at The Black Star Project by calling 773.285.9600.  We are also planning a special Daddy/Daughter Dance in Englewood in Chicago at the 7th District Police Station.  Please call 773.285.9600 to join the Englewood organizing team.
YOU have made Red Tails the number 2 box office success in the nation!!!
When George Lucas, director and producer of Star Wars, cannot get a film about Black American war heroes produced, financed and distributed without paying his own money, what does that say about America?  This movie will inspired generations of young Black boys, help America appreciate young Black men and improve race relations in America!  Don't miss it!
As a matter of principle, every Black American and every American should see "Red Tails" in its first week at the box office ending Friday, January 27, 2012.  This movie is not just about war...it is about history and it is about the future of America!  Take your family!  Take your church!  Take your school!  Take your block club!  Take your homeless shelter or your halfway house.  This is a great American story!  Are we great Americans? 
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Click Here to hear George Lucas tell why no one would finance or distribute this movie from one of the world's most renown movie directors.
 
Click Here to see a trailer of Red Tails!!!
As many/most Black children in American schools are failing academically, the only way to successfully educate them is with the support and actions of their parents, families and communities.  The only question not answered is, "Will Black people take control of the education of their children?"
We have 15 free Saturday Universities operating in and around Chicago and south suburbs.  Please call 773.285.9600 to register your child for free academic enhancement or for more information about Saturday University.  We need teachers and tutors for our sites.  Please call 773.285.9600 to volunteer.
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100 Cities Are Mentoring Black Young Men and Boys During January and February 2012
Join the Black Male Achievement Movement and encourage strong, positive Black men from around the country and the world to work for Black Male Achievement.
Join the
Black Male Achievement Movement 
during January and February 2012, as we mentor tens of thousands of Black boys and young men across America. 
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Young Black men from Urban Prep Academy in Chicago.
The path to positive manhood!!!
Common at Eagle Academy in New York City.
The path to positive manhood!!!  
A Morehouse College Graduation in Atlanta, Georgia
The path to positive manhood!!!
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Young Black men dressed for sucess.
Become a mentor of young Black men and boys! 
 
To become one of the the Servant Leaders in your city planning and directing this effort, please call 773.285.9600. We will provide you with an organizing kit that will help you step-by-step to create, manage or support an outstanding mentoring program in your city.  We will also provide technical assistance and ongoing support. Schools, faith-based organizations, fraternities, Masonic organizations, veterans associations, community-based organizations, affinity organizations, military service personnel, social service agencies, companies and corporations will participate in this effort.  Most mentoring events will occur on January 31, 2012.  The last event will occur on February 29, 2012.  Please see cities that are expected to participate as of January 11, 2012:   
 
  1. Albany, New York
  2. Atlanta Georgia
  3. Aurora, Colorado
  4. Baltimore, Maryland
  5. Baton Rouge, Louisiana
  6. Blandensburg, Maryland
  7. Boston, Massachusetts
  8. Buffalo, New York
  9. Carbondale, Illinois 
  10. Chicago, Illinois - South Side
  11. Chicago, Illinois - West Side 
  12. Chicago, Illinois - South Suburbs
  13. Cincinnati, Ohio
  14. Colorado Springs, Colorado
  15. Columbia, Missouri
  16. Columbus, Georgia
  17. Dallas, Texas
  18. Danbury, Connecticut
  19. Danville, Illinois
  20. Delray Beach, Florida
  21. Detroit, Michigan
  22. Denver, Colorado
  23. Dolton, Illinois
  24. Durham, North Carolina
  25. East Chicago, Indiana
  26. East Orange, New Jersey
  27. Englewood, Colorado
  28. Flint, Michigan
  29. Flossmoor, Illinois
  30. Fort Lauderdale, Florida
  31. Fredricksberg, Virginia
  32. Gary, Indiana
  33. Gilbert, Arizona
  34. Hammond, Indiana
  35. Hartford, Connecticut
  36. Harvey, Illinois
  37. Hillside, Illinois
  38. Houston, Texas
  39. Hyattsville, Maryland
  40. Indianapolis, Indiana 
  41. Irvington, New Jersey
  42. Jackson, Mississippi
  43. Kansas City, Missouri
  44. Kenesaw, Georgia
  45. Lenoir, North Carolina
  46. Lexington, Kentucky
  47. Lithonia, Michigan
  48. Los Angeles, California
  49. Louisville, Kentucky
  50. Macon, Georgia
  51. Manassas, Virginia
  52. Markham, Illinois
  53. Matteson, Illinois
  54. Mentor, Ohio
  55. Milwaukee, Wisconsin
  56. Minneapolis, Minnesota
  57. Munster, Indiana 
  58. Nashville, Tennessee
  59. New Orleans, Louisiana
  60. New York City, New York - Manhattan
  61. New York City, New York - The Bronx
  62. New York City, New York - Brooklyn
  63. New York City, New York - Queens
  64. New York City, New York - Long Island
  65. New York City, New York - Harlem
  66. Newark, New Jersey
  67. Oakland, California
  68. Oak Park, Illinois
  69. Omaha, Nebraska
  70. Palmdale, California
  71. Peoria, Illinois 
  72. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  73. Phoenix, Arizona
  74. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  75. Richmond, California
  76. Richmond, Virginia
  77. Riverdale, Illinois
  78. San Bernardino, California
  79. San Francisco, California
  80. Santan Valley, AZ
  81. Seattle, Washington
  82. Shelbyville, Indiana 
  83. Southaven, Mississippi
  84. Spotsylvania County, Virginia
  85. St. Louis, Missouri
  86. St. Paul, Minnesota
  87. St. Petersburg, Florida
  88. Tampa, Florida
  89. Thomasville, Georgia
  90. Toledo, Ohio
  91. Tougaloo, Mississippi
  92. Tshwane, Botswana
  93. Tuscaloosa, Alabama 
  94. University Park, Illinois
  95. Upper Marboro, Maryland
  96. Vicksburg, Mississippi 
  97. Washington, D.C.
  98. Waukegan, Illinois
  99. White Plains, New York
  100. Yazoo City, Mississippi  
 
This event was inspired by the life and life principles of Muhammad Ali (Rumble Young Man, Rumble!).  The Black Male Achievement Movement was born in Louisville, Kentucky in September 2011.  Guidance, support and encouragement for this movement is provided by Open Society Foundations' Campaign for Black Male Achievement.  The National CARES Mentoring Movement and Mentoring U.S.A have signed on as national supporters.  For more information, please call 773.285.9600.
 
Click Here to see the Fathers Incorporated PSA on mentoring. 
 
Click Here to see the Mentoring USA PSA on mentoring.