Developing Mind, Body and Spirit of Black Men in Harlem; StressFree for Life with Dr. Ra Un Nefer Amen; Black Star Word of the Day; 1.5Million Black Men Missing

1.5 Million Black Men Missing Mass Black Male Graduation Support The Black Star Project Links: The Black Star Project's website: blackstarproject.org Black Star Journal: blackstarjournal.org Become a Member: Click Here Make a donation: Like us on Facebook: Follow us on Twitter: Developing the Mind, Body and Spirit of Black Men in New York City on Saturday, June 13, 2015 11:00 am to 5:00 pm Harlem Hospital Center 506 Malcolm X Boulevard New York, New York Call 212.920.1115 for more information Dr. Ra Un Nefer Amen Sunday, June 7, 2015 11:30 am at The Ausar Auset Society 2108 E. 71st Street Chicago, Illinois Health scientists have known from ancient times that stress (negative emotions) is the leading basic cause of illnesses-from the common cold to heart disease, diabetes, cancer and so on. Given the fact that almost everyone in the world is stress ridden, stress induced illnesses must be given pandemic status. And because stress is the leading cause of brain damage, it is also the leading cause of failure in people's lives. The failure to eliminate stress from the lives of people stems from the fact that the science of stress is based on 1930's information on the brain, and physiology. Stress Free for Life, by Ra Un Nefer Amen, author of Metu Neter volumes 1 through 7, Maat 11 Laws of God, and many other books, applies the spiritual wisdom of the ages to the latest findings in brain science and alternative medicine to bring to the public meditation methods, herbal and nutritional materials to heal and enhance the executive functions of the brain that were evolved by nature to transcend the primitive survival responses behind stress. The book provides meditation techniques and scripts that the author has used to guide thousands for the past 40 years to heal, and achieve success in their relationships, and professional undertakings. Eliminate stress and help yourself and others for the simple reason that stress elimination is programmed in man's genetic structures. It is a simple matter of gaining a scientific understanding of what you have done in the past to eliminate certain negative behaviors, and to apply them across the board everywhere else in your life. The Black Star Learning Center Word of the Day provided by Marc Sims tangential [tan-jen-shuh l] adjective - 1. pertaining to or of the nature of a tangent; being or moving in the direction of a tangent. 2. merely touching; slightly connected: tangential information. 3. divergent or digressive, as from a subject under consideration: tangential remarks. "You will always struggle to grow Black boys into strong, positive and productive young Black men with 1.5 million older Black men missing from their lives. Fix the problem of missing Black men and you will fix the problem of troubled Black boys. You cannot mentor or educate or incarcerate or wish your way out of this catastrophe!" - Phillip Jackson, The Black Star Project -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.5 Million Missing Black Men Places with most missing men PLACE PCT. BLACK MEN "MISSING" New York 43.1% 118,000 Chicago 43.4% 45,000 Philadelphia 42.8% 36,000 Detroit 45.2% 21,000 Memphis 43.6% 21,000 Baltimore 44.0% 19,000 Houston 45.5% 18,000 Charlotte, N.C. 43.3% 15,000 Milwaukee 42.2% 14,000 Dallas 44.8% 13,000 By Justin Wolfers, David Leonhardt and Kevin Quealy APRIL 20, 2015 In New York, almost 120,000 black men between the ages of 25 and 54 are missing from everyday life. In Chicago, 45,000 are, and more than 30,000 are missing in Philadelphia. Across the South - from North Charleston, S.C., through Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi and up into Ferguson, Mo. - hundreds of thousands more are missing. They are missing, largely because of early deaths or because they are behind bars. Remarkably, black women who are 25 to 54 and not in jail outnumber black men in that category by 1.5 million, according to an Upshot analysis. For every 100 black women in this age group living outside of jail, there are only 83 black men. Among whites, the equivalent number is 99, nearly parity. African-American men have long been more likely to be locked up and more likely to die young, but the scale of the combined toll is nonetheless jarring. It is a measure of the deep disparities that continue to afflict black men - disparities being debated after a recent spate of killings by the police - and the gender gap is itself a further cause of social ills, leaving many communities without enough men to be fathers and husbands. Perhaps the starkest description of the situation is this: More than one out of every six black men who today should be between 25 and 54 years old have disappeared from daily life. "The numbers are staggering," said Becky Pettit, a professor of sociology at the University of Texas. Incarceration and early deaths are the overwhelming drivers of the gap. Of the 1.5 million missing black men from 25 to 54 - which demographers call the prime-age years - higher imprisonment rates account for almost 600,000. Almost 1 in 12 black men in this age group are behind bars, compared with 1 in 60 nonblack men in the age group, 1 in 200 black women and 1 in 500 nonblack women. Higher mortality is the other main cause. About 900,000 fewer prime-age black men than women live in the United States, according to the census. It's impossible to know precisely how much of the difference is the result of mortality, but it appears to account for a big part. Homicide, the leading cause of death for young African-American men, plays a large role, and they also die from heart disease, respiratory disease and accidents more often than other demographic groups, including black women. The disappearance of these men has far-reaching implications. Their absence disrupts family formation, leading both to lower marriage rates and higher rates of childbirth outside marriage, as research by Kerwin Charles, an economist at the University of Chicago, with Ming-Ching Luoh, has shown. The black women left behind find that potential partners of the same race are scarce, while men, who face an abundant supply of potential mates, don't need to compete as hard to find one. As a result, Mr. Charles said, "men seem less likely to commit to romantic relationships, or to work hard to maintain them." Click Here to Read Full Story Recommend a Black Male Elementary School Graduate, High School Graduate or College Graduate for The Mass Black Male Graduation Ceremony on Saturday, June 20, 2015 with Keynote Speakers Attorney James Montgomery and Hip Hop Artist Jasiri X. Call 773.285.9600 to register the young Black men at your school and in your life. Will You Invest in Teaching Black Boys to Read? In 2014, The Black Star Project received very little government or foundation funding for our programs to improve the lives of Black men and boys. But that did not stop us from being one of the leading organizations in the country working to nurture, save, educate and empower Black males. Our programs over the past few years include the Million Father March, Daddy Daughter Dances, MLK Mentor Day for Young Black Men, Black Male Reading Academies, Math Boot Camps for Young Black Men, Mass Black Male High School Graduation Ceremony, College Fairs for Young Black Men, Take A Young Black Male To Worship and our Young Black Men of Honor Mentor Program. Please become part of the solution to improve the lives of young Black males by investing in the work of The Black Star Project. Just click the orange DONATE NOW button (or CLICK HERE) to make a positive difference in the lives of Black children, and children of all ethnicities that we serve. or send a check or money order to: The Black Star Project 3509 South King Drive Chicago, Illinois 60653

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