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| | | | Michelle Alexander and New Jim Crow Social Justice Movement Arrives in Bermunda  March 31, 2012, 7:00 pm Cathedral Church Hall Church Street Hamilton, Bermunda Longtime US Civil Rights advocate, bestselling author and legal scholar Michelle Alexander [pictured] will be the keynote speaker when Citizens Uprooting Racism In Bermuda [CURB] holds its two-day "Racial Justice Conference" later this week to promote dialogue and action around racial justice issues. The event - which opens on Friday [Mar. 31] - is being held at the Fairmont Southampton Hotel's Gardenia Room and this year's theme is "Bermuda's Criminal Justice System: Intent and Impact". The conference goals are to raise awareness as to the intent and impact of Bermuda's existing criminal justice system; evaluate and discuss what is already being done; look for Bermuda-based ideas and solutions to help improve interagency collaboration; encourage community involvement; understand the root causes and offer solutions to the increasing violence in the Bermuda community. . |
| "Peace In The Hood" through Better Parenting in the Hood |
Editorial America has given up on young Black men, like Trayvon Martin  By Phillip Jackson TRAYVON MARTIN is more valuable to America as a dead young black man than he ever was alive! As a dead symbol, the president can claim him as a son he never had, but as a living black man, the American criminal justice system claims one out of three young Black men born after 2001. Michelle Alexander, author of The New Jim Crow, reminds us that more Black men are in prison today than there were Blacks enslaved in America in 1850. She suggests that we have not really ended Jim Crow, but have just given it another name - the criminal justice system. As a dead symbol, Trayvon might spark a national conversation on race, but as a living young Black man, Trayvon probably couldn't get a job at a fast-food restaurant. Addressing symbols is quite useful and practical when a society lacks the courage and integrity to deal with its disturbing realities. America loves Black men like Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X and even Trayvon Martin after they are dead. It is the strong, vocal, positive Black men that they have trouble with while they are alive. . |
| Join the Million Fathers Club at the Chicago Children's Museum FREE!!! FREE!!! FREE!!! Saturday, March 31, 2012 12:00 noon to 4:00 pm Navy Pier 700 East Grand Chicago, Illinois For children 2 years old to 14 years old. Please call Bruce at 773.285.9600 to RSVP or for more information. |
| Philadelphia Mayor Nutter, New Orleans Mayor Landrieu and Cities United Work to Reduce Deaths of Young Black Men and Boys  | | Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter, center and New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu, far right |
Open Society Foundations Campaign for Black Male Achievement, along with partners Casey Family Programs, Knight Foundation, Association of Black Foundation Executives, National League of Cities and US Conference of Mayors with the leadership of Mayors Michael Nutter and Mitch Landrieu launched Cities United in October 2010 to respond to the violent deaths of black boys and men in cities across America. Click Here to View this Important Video on Stopping the Murder Of Young Black Men and Boys in America. |
| The Black Star Project's Movers and Shakers Luncheon Series with Urban Partnership Bank's President and CEO William Farrow Wednesday, April 4, 2012 11:30 am to 1:00 pm at The Black Star Project, Suite 2B 3509 South King Drive Chicago, Illinois Please call 773.285.9600 to RSVP Investment: $30.00 |
Fathers, Step Fathers, Grandfathers, Foster Fathers, Uncles, Big Brothers, Mentors Join The Million Fathers Club at The Field Museum of Natural History 12:00 noon to 4:30 pm Wednesday, April 4, 2012 (Spring Break for Most Chicago Schools) 1400 South Lakes Shore Drive Chicago, Illinois FREE!!! FREE!!! FREE!!! Mothers and women are very welcome!!! We expect men from Milwaukee, Racine and Madison, Wisconsin; Gary, Indianapolis and South Bend, Indiana; Joliet, Elgin, Springfield, Peoria, Decatur, Danville, Champaign, and Rockford, Illinois; and St. Louis, Missouri, to bring their children to this free event. Please call Bruce at 773.285.9600 to RSVP for this amazing opportunity. |
Susan Taylor, the Mother of Mentoring in America, Is Asking You To Be "In" for Our Children. Become a mentor! 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.
If you wish to become a mentor in cities with National Cares Mentoring Movement Circles, 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! |
Editorial - I'm Shocked; You're Shocked: Another Black Child Murdered by Kenneth Braswell  | | Kenneth Braswell and sons |
I couldn't help but ask myself the question; "should I be shocked?" Another black youth shot down in the prime of his life visa vie unusual circumstances; Yeah, what's shocking bout that? I've asked myself this question over and over; against my need and desire to still grieve for Trayvon and struggling with my morals to remain empathic. However I can't ignore that I've lived long enough to remember the stories of Emmitt Till. A tragedy that lends some context to the value or lack thereof for young black life pressed up against the hard rock of racism. |
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