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With the ruling in from Ferguson,
The Case for
Black Male
Achievement
is even more important!
Gather your family and friends around the radio on
Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 27, 2014 on WVON from anywhere in America
and Friday, November 28, 2014 on WURD from anywhere in America, to hear The
Case for Black Male Achievement. Black Male Achievement may be the best
hope for Black America!
For
more details, see articles below.
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Black Enrollments in Higher
Education Continue to Decline
November
17, 2014
 A new report from the U.S. Department of
Education offers preliminary data on higher education enrollments in the fall of
2013. The report includes data on all students enrolled at Title IV
institutions. These are educational entities that
are permitted to participate in federal student financial assistance
programs.
In 2013, there was a total of
20,847,787 students enrolled in high education. Of these 2,790,255 were Black or
African American. Thus, Blacks made up 13.4 percent of all enrollments in higher
education.
The same report issued a year ago
found that in the fall of 2012 there were 2,864,723 African Americans enrolled
in Title IV institutions in the United States. A year earlier, the same report
listed 2,966,463 African Americans enrolled in these institutions. Thus in 2013,
there were 176,208 fewer African American students enrolled in higher education
than was the case in 2011.
In 2013, Blacks were 12.3 percent
of all students enrolled in state-operated colleges and universities and 11.2
percent of total enrollments at private, nonprofit institutions. But Blacks made
up 25.6 percent of all students enrolled at for-profit institutions of higher
education.
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Calling All Fathers, Stepfathers, Foster Fathers,
Grandfathers, Godfathers, Uncles, Brothers,
Male Caregivers and Black Star Members!
Join
The Black
Star Project's
Million Fathers Club
for
Division
One
Men's
College Basketball
Wednesday, November 26, 2014
7:00
pm
see the
vs.
Lehigh
Mountain Hawks
at
Allstate Arena
Wrigley Field
6920 North Mannheim Road
Rosemont, Illinois
Free for
Black Star Members
and
Fathers Club Members
(Up to 6
tickets per member -
First Come
First Served)
Please call 773.285.9600 to RSVP
or for more information about this game. Men and women of all races, ethnicities
and faith backgrounds may and should attend this event with their
children.
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The Case for
Black Male Achievement
Part One:
A
National Conversation on How America Can
Elevate Its Prominence by Investing in Black Men and Boys
on
The Voice of the Nation
A prime-time, American-holiday special on
Thanksgiving Day
November 27, 2014 - Part
One
4:00 pm to 7:00 pm Eastern Time,
3:00 pm to 6:00 pm Central Time, 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm Mountain Time,
1:00 pm to 4:00 pm Pacific Time
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Common addresses young men from Eagle Academy in New York
City.
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This is a two-part national
conversation with nationally acclaimed
champions for Black men and boys.
Elected officials, foundation presidents, school superintendents, educators,
business leaders and faith leaders should listen to this two-part, two-day
series. Men and women of all ethnicities should listen to this series. If you
care about America, or if you care about Black people in America, you won't
miss The Case for Black Male Achievement.
Featuring
- Roundtable Discussion on Black Male
Achievement with Shawn Dove, Stephen Powell and Eric Grimes
- David Miller: Teaching Black Males to
Survive in America
- David Banks: Teaching America How to Teach
Black Boys
Shawn Dove, National Campaign Manager,
Campaign for Black Male Achievement; Stephen
Powell - Executive Director of Mentoring, USA; David C. Banks -
President, The Eagle Academy Foundation
Eric
Grimes - Senior Consultant, Institute for Black Male Achievement; David Miller - Executive Director, Dare to Be King;
Phillip Jackson - Executive Director, The Black Star Project
We
thank Melody Spann Cooper, Pierre Cooper, Cliff Kelly and Todd Runkowski of WVON
for making this broadcast possible.
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The Case for
Black Male Achievement Part Two:
A National
Conversation on How America Can
Elevate Its Prominence by Investing in Black Men and Boys
on
Friday, November 28, 2014
12:00 pm to 3:00 pm Eastern Time, 11:00 am to 2:00 pm
Central Time, 10:00 am to 1:00 pm Mountain Time, 9:00 am to 12:00 noon Pacific Time
This is part-two of a national conversation on being a Black man
in America. This segment includes Black Women for Black Male Achievement, Young
Champions of Black Male Achievement and closing remarks on Black Male
Achievement by Shawn Dove.
Featuring
- Opening
Remarks: Eric Grimes
- Remarks:
Shawn Dove
- Roundtable
Discussion: Black Women for Black Male Achievement - Dr. Doreen Loury, Cheryl
Rene Blue; To Be Determined
- Roundtable
Discussion: Young Champions of Black Male Achievement - Darrin McCall, Richard
Taylor and Sheldon Smith
Dr. Doreen Loury - Assistant Professor of African American History, Arcadia
University; Cheryl Rene Blue - Community Activist - Milwaukee; Third participant
to be determined.
Darrin
McCall, Director of Programs - Youth Empowerment Project; Richard Taylor,
Motivational Speaker; Sheldon Smith, Executive Director - The Dovetail
Project.
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50,000 young Black men and
boys will be mentored
with a curriculum of
Black Male Achievement
during
National Mentoring
Month
January 2015
Will your elementary school, high school, college,
church, fraternity, community organization, youth organization, sports team,
street organization (gang), youth detainment facility or any other organization
that has control of the minds of young Black men and boys join this mentoring
effort any day during the month of January 2015, but most notably on Dr. Martin
Luther King's Birthday, Monday, January 19, 2015?
This
3-hour mentoring session on Black Male Achievement includes:
- What
is The Black Male Achievement Movement?
- Module
on Black History and Culture
- Module
on Family Development and Fatherhood
- Module
on Education and Learning
- Module
on Economics, Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development
- A
Review of 100 Historical, Highly-Principled Black Male Achievers
- A
Certificate of Completion for Youth Participating in the Black Male Achievement
Mentoring Session
For More Information, Please call
773.285.9600
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Attend a
Community Organizing
Training
facilitated by
Midwest Academy
at
The Black Star Project
3509 South King Drive
Chicago, Illinois
Saturday,
December 6, 2014 - 10:00 am to 4:00 pm
Sunday,
December 7, 2014 - 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm
Agenda includes:
Understanding
Relations of Power in Organizing
Turning
Problems into Issues
Effective Strategy Development
Please call 773.285.9600 for more information or to RSVP
for this free
training.
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