Monday, December 15, 2014

White Wealth 13 Times Black Wealth; Mississippi Leads The Nation toDevelop Black Males; Out of the Box Organizing; While More Chicago StudentsGo To College Huge Racial Gap Persists


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Wealth Gap Widens
Mississippi Helps Lead America in Developing Black Males
Out of the Box Organizing
Racial Gap Persist In College Going
Little Improvement In Illinois Black Male College Rates
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Wealth gap between whites and minorities is growing, Pew says
White Wealth 13 Times Black Wealth
Above chart provided by Pew Research Center.

Andrew Khouri
December 12, 2014
An unequal economic recovery has helped create the largest wealth gap between minorities and whites in more than a decade, a new report found.
The gap has grown, as white Americans -- who are more likely to own stocks -- rode surging financial markets to greater wealth, the Pew Research Center said Friday.
Meanwhile, minorities, hit harder by the housing crash, saw their wealth decline between 2010 and 2013.
The median wealth of white households was 13 times that of black households in 2013, Pew said, using data from the Federal Reserve's Survey of Consumer Finances. That is the largest gap since 1989 and compares to a gap of eight times in 2010.
White households had 10 times the wealth of Latinos, the widest margin since 2001.
The median wealth of black households fell nearly 34% from 2010, reaching $11,000 last year. Latino household wealth dropped 14.3% to $13,700.
White households saw a gain. Their median wealth rose 2.4% to $141,900.
The homeownership rate for whites fell from 75.3% in 2010 to 73.9% in 2013. For minorities, it dropped from 50.6% to 47.4%.
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State-Wide Mississippi Initiative Will Help America Solve Issues of Young Black Men and Boys
On MLK Mentor Day
Cassio Batteast
On Monday, January 19, 2015, more than 50,000 young Black males in 200 cities will be mentored for survival and success in America with a curriculum of Black Male Achievement.
They will be mentored by Black men who will teach them to respect Black women and their elders, start their own businesses and hire from their communities, become great fathers and good husbands, encourage young Black boys to succeed in school, work among themselves to build their communities, learn about Black male heroes, achievers and elders who came before them, and to become compassionate, productive and contributing global citizens.
Nine cities in Mississippi, under the leadership of Cassio Batteast, will collaborate to mentor young Black men and boys during their Black Male Achievement Weekend, including films on Friday, workshops on Saturday, worship on Sunday and community service and celebration on Monday, Dr. King's Birthday. Participating cities are Jackson, Hattiesburg, Greenville, Indianola, Tunica, Canton, Meridian, Biloxi and Gulfport.
On Dr. Martin Luther King's Birthday, Black men will work, in mass, to change the outcomes for Black boys and to help America live into its creed of equality, fairness, opportunity and liberty for all. These mentoring sessions will occur in schools, community centers, youth centers, park districts, civic buildings, and in churches, temples, synagogues and mosques. While we encourage government to participate and to support this effort, but we cannot wait for government to lead or sanction this effort.
There is a role for Black women and people of other races to play in this effort, but the success or failure absolutely depends on the work of Black men.
Click Here to Hear Participants from Georgia, Mississippi, New Jersey, Texas, Michigan and Illinois talk about MLK Mentor Day.
Click Here for your school, faith-organization, community or youth organization, college, fraternity, lodge, prison, jail, detainment center or military unit to join this effort or call 773.285.9600 for more information or to register.
Out of the Box
Community Organizing
Sometimes, you have to take organizing to the streets. And few people in America do it better than Paul McKinley and Joseph Watkins (seated above). Both men were formerly incarcerated and both men are now at the forefront of achieving positive outcomes for their communities and their constituents. On Saturday, December 13, 2014, Professor McKinley and Professor Watkins taught innovative, effective techniques that bring policy makers to the table and help them to make decisions that benefit the community.
Organizer Joseph Watkins, University of Chicago trained.
Organizer Paul McKinley ran for U.S. Congress.




























Click Here to see an example of the work of Professor McKinley and Professor Watkins.
More Chicago Public Schools grads are getting college diplomas, though racial gap persist.

By Melissa Sanchez
December 9, 2014
Back in 2006, Chicago researchers released a startling report on the post-secondary success of CPS students. The study ultimately concluded that just eight of every 100 high school freshmen would end up getting a college degree.
The numbers were worse for black and Hispanic boys. Only 4 percent obtained a degree.
Today, more CPS students are getting college degrees - 14 percent -- but the results are still unequal across race and gender, according to a new study by the University of Chicago Consortium on Chicago Schools Research.
The difference is most stark when comparing the outcomes of boys of color: While the rate of degree attainment remains in the single digits for black boys, at 6 percent, the rate nearly tripled among Hispanic boys to 11 percent.
"These young black men have been failed by their parents, their communities, their teachers, their elected officials," says Phillip Jackson, executive director of the Black Star Project, a Chicago group that seeks to eliminate the racial academic achievement gap. "We can't hold the colleges responsible without holding the high schools and the elementary schools and the entire community responsible."
The Consortium's report does not address why the rate of degree attainment grew at such different levels between different demographics groups. But senior research analyst Kaleen Healey says there are two key pieces to consider when looking at whether you'll graduate from college: your high school GPA and the college you attend. Black students tend to have lower GPAs, which affects the type of college they have access to - often those with lower overall graduation rates, she said.
Across racial groups, females continue to have higher degree attainment rates than their male counterparts. And Hispanic girls have now surpassed black girls.
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Little Improvement in Black Male Enrollment at 27 Illinois Colleges from 2008 to 2012
Percentage of Black Male Student Enrollments at
Major Illinois Universities from 2008 through 2012
School
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
Bradley University
2.2
2.2
1.8
2.4
2.4
Chicago State University
20.4
20.4
21.5
20.9
20.4
Columbia College Chicago
6.3
6.5
6.6
7
7.3
DePaul University
2.9
3
3.1
3.2
3.3
Dominican University
1.6
1.4
1.7
1.9
1.6
Eastern Illinois University
3.8
4.1
4.3
4.9
5.4
Governors State University
7
7.3
7.2
7.5
7.8
Illinois Institute of Technology
1.8
1.6
1.8
2.1
2
Illinois State University
2
2.1
2.2
2.3
2.5
Illinois Wesleyan University
2.6
2.4
2.2
2.3
2.1
Lake Forest College
2.7
2.4
3
3.1
2.8
Lewis University
3.3
3.2
3.3
3.3
3.3
Loyola University at Chicago
1.4
1.4
1.3
1.4
1.5
National-Louis University
3
3.2
2.2
3.4
3.6
North Park University
3.2
3.4
3.5
3.4
3.1
Northeastern Illinois University
3.3
3.3
3.3
3.4
4
Northern Illinois University
4.3
4.6
4.9
5.3
5.6
Northwestern University
1.6
1.8
1.9
1.9
2.1
Roosevelt University
4.2
4.3
4.6
5.5
5.6
Southern Illinois University At Carbondale
7.4
7.6
8
8.1
8.2
Southern Illinois University At Edwardsville
3.1
3.2
3.8
4.2
4.6
St. Xavier University
3.4
3.5
3.4
4.2
4
University of Illinois At Urbana Champaign
2.4
2.4
2
2
2.1
University of Illinois At Chicago
2.5
2.7
2.6
2.6
2.7
University of Illinois at Springfield
3.8
4.2
4.1
3.8
4.3
University of Chicago
1.9
2.1
1.9
2.1
1.8
Western Illinois University
3.3
3.5
4.2
5.1
6

Statistics Compiled by The Black Star Project from the Illinois Board of Higher Education's Statewide Data on Enrollment and Degrees Conferred.
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