Monday, June 22, 2015

Attend Mass Black Male Graduation Ceremony


Mass Black Male Graduation
Join Father Pfleger for Peace March
Dads Honor Ride Across America
Attend The Mass Black Male Graduation Ceremony on Saturday, June 20, 2015 with Keynote Speakers Attorney James Montgomery and Hip Hop Artist Jasiri X at Metropolitan Apostolic Church, 4100 South King Drive, Chicago, Illinois at 10:30 am. Call 773.285.9600 to register the young Black men at your school and in your life.
Join Father Michael Pfleger
in the Streets of Chicago to March for Peace, Friday, June 19th, 7:00 pm on 78th Place and Throop, Chicago, Illinois

Please call 773.483.4300 for more information.
Black Male Achievement Conference 2015:
Black Men and Black Money
In Omaha, Nebraska
By Dell Gines, Volunteer Chief Operating Officer: Black Men United Omaha
June 12, 2015
This June, in Omaha, we will be holding the second annual Black Male Achievement Conference. The topic of this conference will be Black Men and Black Money. In this conference we will talk about Black money from a variety of points of view. These include economic development, education, our brothers returning from incarceration, money management and relationships.
The question though is why Black men and Black money? To answer that I first have to eliminate some confusion about what money really is. Most people think the end goal is to "get money". Lord knows we have enough of our artist selling us on getting money. We live in an American system that seemingly worships money. But the objective to get money is really not about money at all. Money is simply a road to something else.
Money can get your family economic security and let you provide in the way you want to for your kids. Money also can be a vehicle to help you empower your community, get politicians elected, build a new way of life for your people. Some people say money makes the world go round. Not true. It is what we do with our money that makes the world go round.
So when we talk about Black men and Black money, we have to ask ourselves do we as Black men really know three important things. Do we know how to get money as a Black community in general and Black men specifically? Do we know how to management money when we get it? Are we using our money to the benefit of our community and our families when we have it? Unfortunately in many cases, the answer is no, no and no.
Did you know according to a Neilson marketing survey on Black consumers that Black's in America have over $1 trillion dollars in purchasing power? We make enough in America to be the 16th largest economy on the planet. The problem is that we very rarely invest it in creating businesses in the community, saving it or investing it or giving it to good causes in the community. We spend it.
This is why we are having a Black Male Achievement conference on Black men and Black money. When we achieve by learning how to control our economic resources, it empowers us to build for our families and our communities.
If you would like to learn more about the conference, please email will@blackmenunited.org or call (402)965-1003.
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Donate to support the 12th annual
Million Father March!
It seems like just yesterday we were taking our kids to school and now the school year is almost over.
But the first day of the new school year is just around the corner and at The Black Star Project, that means one thing:
The Million Father March!
This coming fall, on the first day of school, in 600 cities across the country, one million fathers will take their children to school!
We need your support to make this year's first day of school the best ever!
We are kicking off the preparation for that crucial first day in a special way this year, by participating in the Dad's Honor Ride.
Our Assistant Director of Operations, Jorge Solorio, will be riding in the Dad's Honor Ride to help raise money for the Black Star Project's 2015 Million Father March.
Donate to sponsor Jorge's bike ride and your money will help organize fathers around the country to support their children's education!
The 21st Century Dad's Honor Ride will raise money to help bring one million fathers from across the country to their children's school on the first day. Support our 12th annual Million Father March by supporting the ride of Jorge Solorio!

On June 21st, Jorge will bike 77 miles--from Dwight to Chicago, Illinois--to raise money for The Black Star Project's the 2015 Million Father March. It will take Jorge over 6 hours to bike!

Sponsor Jorge's bike ride! Your money will help organize fathers in 600 cities across the nation to bring their children to school on the first day and be involved in their education for the rest of the school year.
You can help make the first day of school a success! Donate today before the June 21st deadline!

Click Here to learn more about the Dads Honor Ride

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