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Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Your City Should Join 108 Cities in Mentoring Young Black Men and Boys


Your City Should Join 108 Cities
that Are Mentoring Young Black Men and Boys During January and February 2012
Call 773.285.9600 today and join the movement to help build and encourage strong, positive Black men across America and the world.
Sometimes, you only get one chance to change the world.  Mentoring young Black men and boys might be that chance. Join the Black Male Achievement Mentoring Initiative in changing the world.  
  
Ideas for Mentoring Young Black Men and Boys
1) Mentor at a school or community center
2) Take A Young Black Male to Worship on February 26, 2012 - Click Here To Join This Effort
3) Coach a sports team
4) Take a trip to a museum, library or cultural center with one or a group of young Black males
5) Read The New Jim Crow or another book with a group of young Black men
6) Real Men Read to pre-school through 3rd-grade black boys
7) Take one or a group of young Black males to see Red Tails
8) Have dinner with one or a group of young Black males
9) Have a discussion about respecting women and girls with one or a group of young Black males 
10) Teach young Black males about entrepreneurship and personal finance
11) Visit and mentor young Black men in correctional and detention centers
12) Create all male Saturday Learning and Tutoring Academies for young Black men and boys
13) Encourage young Black men and boys who are living as drug dealers, gangsters, thugs and hustlers to seek education and to help rebuild their communities
14) Build institutions and structures that support and mentor young Black men and boys
15) Encourage young Black men and boys towards healthy living, exercise and good nutrition
16) Teach young Black men and boys to be good fathers and good husbands and good neighbors
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To become one of the the Servant Leaders in your city planning and directing this effort, please call 773.285.9600. We will provide you with an organizing kit that will help you step-by-step to create, manage or support an outstanding mentoring program in your city.  We will also provide technical assistance and ongoing support. Schools, faith-based organizations, fraternities, Masonic organizations, veterans associations, community-based organizations, affinity organizations, military service personnel, social service agencies, companies and corporations will participate in this effort.  Most mentoring events will occur on January 31, 2012.  The last event will occur on February 29, 2012.  Please see cities that are expected to participate as of January 11, 2012: 
  1. Albany, New York
  2. Alton, Illinois
  3. Atlanta Georgia
  4. Aurora, Colorado
  5. Baltimore, Maryland
  6. Baton Rouge, Louisiana
  7. Blandensburg, Maryland
  8. Boston, Massachusetts
  9. Bowie, Maryland
  10. Buffalo, New York
  11. Carbondale, Illinois 
  12. Chicago, Illinois - South Side
  13. Chicago, Illinois - West Side 
  14. Chicago, Illinois - South Suburbs
  15. Chicago Heights, Illinois
  16. Cincinnati, Ohio
  17. Colorado Springs, Colorado
  18. Columbia, Missouri
  19. Columbus, Georgia
  20. Dallas, Texas
  21. Danbury, Connecticut
  22. Danville, Illinois
  23. Decatur, Georgia
  24. Delray Beach, Florida
  25. Detroit, Michigan
  26. Denver, Colorado
  27. Dolton, Illinois
  28. Durham, North Carolina
  29. East Chicago, Indiana
  30. East Orange, New Jersey
  31. Englewood, Colorado
  32. Flint, Michigan
  33. Flossmoor, Illinois
  34. Fort Lauderdale, Florida
  35. Fredricksberg, Virginia
  36. Gary, Indiana
  37. Gilbert, Arizona
  38. Griffin, Georgia
  39. Hammond, Indiana
  40. Hartford, Connecticut
  41. Harvey, Illinois
  42. Hillside, Illinois
  43. Houston, Texas
  44. Hyattsville, Maryland
  45. Indianapolis, Indiana 
  46. Irvington, New Jersey
  47. Jackson, Mississippi
  48. Kansas City, Missouri
  49. Kenesaw, Georgia
  50. LaGrange, Georgia
  51. Lauderhill, Florida
  52. Lenoir, North Carolina
  53. Lexington, Kentucky
  54. Lithonia, Michigan
  55. Los Angeles, California
  56. Louisville, Kentucky
  57. Macon, Georgia
  58. Manassas, Virginia
  59. Markham, Illinois
  60. Matteson, Illinois
  61. Mentor, Ohio
  62. Milwaukee, Wisconsin
  63. Minneapolis, Minnesota
  64. Munster, Indiana 
  65. Nashville, Tennessee
  66. New Orleans, Louisiana
  67. New York City, New York - Manhattan
  68. New York City, New York - The Bronx
  69. New York City, New York - Brooklyn
  70. New York City, New York - Queens
  71. New York City, New York - Long Island
  72. New York City, New York - Harlem
  73. Newark, New Jersey
  74. Oakland, California
  75. Oak Park, Illinois
  76. Omaha, Nebraska
  77. Palmdale, California
  78. Peoria, Illinois 
  79. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  80. Phoenix, Arizona
  81. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  82. Richmond, California
  83. Richmond, Virginia
  84. Riverdale, Illinois
  85. San Bernardino, California
  86. San Francisco, California
  87. Santan Valley, AZ
  88. Seattle, Washington
  89. Shelbyville, Indiana 
  90. Southaven, Mississippi
  91. Spotsylvania County, Virginia
  92. St. Louis, Missouri
  93. St. Paul, Minnesota
  94. St. Petersburg, Florida
  95. Tampa, Florida
  96. Thomasville, Georgia
  97. Toledo, Ohio
  98. Tougaloo, Mississippi
  99. Tshwane, Botswana, Africa 
  100. Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territory, Canada
  101. Tuscaloosa, Alabama 
  102. University Park, Illinois
  103. Upper Marboro, Maryland
  104. Vicksburg, Mississippi 
  105. Washington, D.C.
  106. Waukegan, Illinois
  107. White Plains, New York
  108. Yazoo City, Mississippi  
 
This event was inspired by the life and life principles of Muhammad Ali (Rumble Young Man, Rumble!).  The Black Male Achievement Movement was born in Louisville, Kentucky in September 2011.  Guidance, support and encouragement for this movement is provided by Open Society Foundations' Campaign for Black Male Achievement.  The National CARES Mentoring Movement and Mentoring U.S.A have signed on as national supporters.  For more information, please call 773.285.9600.
 
Click Here to listen to amazing stories of mentoring efforts around the country. 
 
Click Here to see the Fathers Incorporated PSA on mentoring. 
 
Click Here to see the Mentoring USA PSA on mentoring.



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