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| | | | This Black Girl Can Fly!!! Congratulations to Gabby Douglas and Her Family! The Best in the World! Practice!  Practice! Practice! Click Here to see how Gabby Douglas became an Olympian |
| Internationally acclaim psychiatrist, Dr. Carl Bell, forced to close mental health council that helped tens of thousands of poor, mentally- and emotionally-challenged Chicago citizens ********************************************************************************************* A mental health facility in Jesse Jackson's district is forced to stop services By Mary Mitchell July 29, 2012  | | Carl C. Bell, M.D. |
Dr. Carl C. Bell is recognized internationally for his work in the area of race, culture and ethnicity on behavioral health care, including depression. He is also one of a handful of black men in the city who have led institutions that provide low-income patients with holistic services. "I'm qualified enough to treat a Jesse Jr.," Bell told me on Monday. Frankly, the state couldn't have picked a worse time to pull the plug on a community mental health center. Jobs are scarce. Houses are boarded up. Homicides are skyrocketing. It's a miracle that a lot more people aren't trying to dull the pain with illegal drugs. "Who is going to give money to a black organization that is helping black people who are mentally ill, abusing substances, poor and sometimes slow?" Bell asked. |
| City Colleges of Chicago Chancellor Cheryl Hyman Is an IIT Graduate Visit IIT Come and See if IIT is Right for You There's no better way to find out if a university is a good fit than by visiting campus--to see where you'll learn, live, eat, and have fun. Campus Visit Opportunities: - Discover IIT Days
- Individual Weekday and Saturday Visits
- Overnight Visits - Nighthawk Program
2012 Discover IIT Days |
| Violence in Black Communities Increases Racial Academic Achievement Gap After murders in Black communites, reading and math scores for Black students go down A few months ago, Patrick Sharkey, a sociologist at New York University, published a paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences showing that when there is a murder in a black child's neighborhood, his or her math and verbal standardized test scores go down. This is true even if the child doesn't witness the violence directly and isn't personally impacted by it.1 Just being in close proximity to a homicide is enough to hinder academic performance. To measure how local homicides impact students' test scores, Sharkey compared the test scores of black children directly after a homicide in their neighborhood with other children in the same neighborhood who took the test at a different time. Black students tested directly after a local homicide scored substantially lower than their peers who live in the same neighborhood, but were tested at different times. Of note, Sharkey was unable to find enough murders in predominately white neighborhoods to see if white children were affected, suggesting that this homicide effect is really most damaging for black kids. Indeed, the drop in black children's scores after a homicide account for about half the difference in the typical racial achievement gap. |
Young Black Basketball Star Advised to "Get Out of Chicago" Before His Death Former CPS hoops star killed in shooting BY MICHAEL LANSU, MICHAEL O'BRIEN and STEFANO ESPOSITO July 26, 2012 A former Chicago Public High School basketball star was shot and killed on the Far South Side Thursday evening, just months before finally achieving his goal of playing Division I college basketball. Michael Haynes, 22, was shot dead while trying to break up a fight over a stolen necklace near his home, said his cousin Kandice Blouin, 25.Police said he was shot in the wrist, chest and lower back about 5:10 p.m. in the 11600 block of South Vincennes Avenue. Haynes' basketball career involved a number of destinations. In May he committed to Iona College in New York and it looked like his dream of playing Division I basketball was finally coming true. "I know he had just signed with Iona. He talked with my son [former Duke player Sean Dockery] last week and Sean told him he should get out of Chicago as soon as he could."
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| Waivers Falling Short in 'Parent-Engagement' Area, Researcher Says To be granted a waiver from some requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act, failing public schools must involve parents and the community in the improvement process. The U.S. Department of Education requires this-but does the Education Department ensure that it happens? Sara McAlister, a senior research associate at the Annenberg Institute for School Reform, argues that the Education Department "consistently ignores" the requirement, effectively dooming the efforts from the start given the deadlines set forth in the waivers. One of the turnaround principles schools can choose as part of their commitment in receiving a waiver is to create "ongoing mechanisms for family and community engagement," with specific suggestions: - Conducting community-wide needs assessments and community asset mapping;
- Establishing organized parent groups;
- Holding public meetings to engage parents and community members in shaping school improvement plans, and
- Providing wraparound supports for students and families.
"This is a mistake," writes McAlister. "A substantial body of research and practice documents the importance of authentic parent and community engagement in schools and in school reform." |
| 465 Cities Have Signed Up For The Million Father March 2012. Where is your city? ********************************************************** Listen and Watch the Theme Song of the All Young Fathers 40 Years of Age and Younger Should Listen to this Song for Inspiration. Last year, in 767 cities, more than 1 million fathers took their children to school on the first day. Parents, educators, faith leaders, elected officials, government agents, community members, business leaders, social service agencies and just plain people made the 2011 Million Father March the most successful ever. The Million Father March is easy to manage and The Black Star Project will help you all the way. Please call 773.285.9600 to get more information or to register your city for the 2012 Million Father March. Please click here to learn about the 2011 Million Father March. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Million Father March is managed by The Black Star Project and supported by Open Society Foundation's Campaign for Black Male Achievement. Please visit our website at www.blackstarproject.org to bring the Million Father March to your city or for complete information about the march. You may also email blackstar1000@ameritech.net or call 773.285.9600 for more information or to join the March. |
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. Register now for the free Chicago-area Saturday University beginning now and going through the summer of 2012. 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 bringing the Saturday University to your community. We need teachers and tutors for our sites. Please call 773.285.9600 to volunteer. |
| In October 2012, all of Black America will descend on Chicago for Saving the African American Child Where will you be? 
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