Tuesday, January 20, 2015

Welcome to First Annual MLK Mentor Day




Making Progress; Moving Forward!
First Annual MLK Mentor Day
MLK Mentor Day in Detroit
Men from Morehouse Mentor
Take A Young Black Man To The Movies
Take A Young Black Man To Worship
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Welcome to the First Annual
MLK Mentor Weekend
Celebrate Dr. King's Birthday
with
Black Male Achievement
and
Black Male Development
This weekend includes:
Friday - Taking young Black men and boys to see a powerful movie or documentary, like the currently playing SELMA
Saturday - Providing workshops, guidance, counseling, career exposure and teaching young Black men and boys to value education
Sunday - Taking young Black men and boys to worship to improve their spirituality and resiliency to the obstacles that they have to face
Monday - Providing opportunities for community service and human service for young Black men and boys in their communities, in their cities and in their world in the spirit of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
MLK Mentor Weekend Is Sponsored by the Coalition for Black Male Achievement. To Join the Coalition, please call 773.285.9600 or email blackstar1000@ameritech.net.
MLK Mentor Day Celebrated in
Detroit, Michigan with showing of
SELMA
In Chicago,
Take A Young Black Man
To Worship
at
The Apostolic House of Prayer

On
Sunday, January 18, 2015,
Service will start at
12 noon and end at 2:00 pm.
4952 S Paulina
Chicago, Illinois
Please call Vince Cain at 773.285.9600 for more information.
The Men of Morehouse
Alumni Chicago Chapter
Will Mentor Hundreds of
Young Black Men and Boys for
Dr. Martin Luther King Weekend

on
Saturday, January 17, 2015
10:00 am
Quinn Chapel AME Church
2401 South Wabash Avenue
Chicago, Illinois
Beautiful Quinn Chapel AME Church
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Please call 773.285.9600 to bring young Black men and boys or for more information about this session.
Take A Young Black Man
to the Movies
Suggested Films, Movies and Documentaries for
Dr. Martin Luther King Weekend
on
Friday, January 16, 2015

Please consider renting or purchasing or viewing these films:
1. Selma, 2. Ali, 3. American Promise, 4. Amistad, 5. Black Wall Street, 6. Bring Your "A" Game, 7. Central Park 5, 8. Django Unchained, 9. Do the Right Thing, 10. Emmett Till - Untold Story, 11. Eyes on the Prize, 12. Glory, 13. Hidden Colors 1, 2, and/or 3, 14. Hurricane, 15. Malcolm X, 16. Marcus Garvey, 17. Powernomics, 18. Pursuit of Happiness, 19. Red Tails, 20. Roots, 21. Rosewood, 22. Sankofa, 23. School Daze, 24. Spit'in Anger, 25. Spook Who Sat By The Door, 26. Tuskegee Airmen, 27. Unforgivable Blackness, 28. When We Were Kings, 29. 12 Years A Slave
We highly recommend that you pre-screen any movie or documentary that you might show for appropriate content and tone.
On MLK Mentor Day
Join the Men of
Quinn Chapel AME Church
on Dr. Martin Luther King Weekend
to
Take A Young Black Man To Worship
On
Sunday, January 18, 2015
10:00 am
2401 South Wabash Avenue
Chicago, Illinois
The Men and Boys of Quinn Chapel AME Church with Pastor James M. Moody, Sr. (seated center, second row, 4th from left)
Beautiful, historic Quinn Chapel AME Church has had many national leaders stand in the Quinn Chapel pulpit including Presidents William B. McKinley and William Howard Taft, human rights activist Ida B. Wells, educators George Washington Carver and Booker T. Washington, poet and literary genius Paul Lawrence Dunbar, gifted preachers Rev. Martin Luther King, Sr., Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Rev. Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley, Illinois Congressmen Danny K. Davis, Bobby Rush, Jesse Jackson, Jr., Illinois Governor Pat Quinn and Illinois Senator Barack Obama (now President Obama).
Please call 773.285.9600 to have your place of worship invite young Black men to worship with you this Sunday.
Bridgeport, Connecticut Prepares
to Mentor Young Men

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