Posts Tagged ‘black boys’
Principal targets Black students for alleged gang activity in Chicago suburb
The principal of Homewood Flossmoor High School located in the south suburbs of Chicago is currently under scrutiny for a letter sent home with students claiming they are in gangs or have been associated with gang activity. A letter was sent home with about 70 students after an e-mail was sent to their parents stating,…
Read MoreIngrid Morris talks empowering Black boys with Brown Sons
Ingrid Morris is a corporate strategist and profit maker. She is no stranger to profits and success. She has a passion for numbers and has chosen to help empower young Black men using her knowledge through her nonprofit, Brown Sons Empowered NFP. We spoke with her about her ultimate goal and how her relationship with…
Read MoreNY 1st to help Black boys with Obama’s ‘My Brother’s Keeper’
Good news: New York will be the first state in the Union to enact President Barack Obama’s My Brother’s Keeper program, an initiative set to help at-risk Black and Latino boys. According to reports, the Big Apple secured $20 million in the state budget to develop a state version of the program, which aims to keep…
Read MoreThe Cradle hosts ‘Raising Black Boys’ roundtable
The Cradle, an adoption agency based in the Chicago suburb of Evanston, recently kicked off its new initiative, Our Children: An Education and Empowerment Series, with a roundtable event titled Raising Black Boys. Moderated by local news personality Derrick Young of CBS 2 Chicago, the panel featured five prominent community and business leaders who shared their personal insights…
Read MoreState of Black America: Sometimes Black boys don’t come home
I am neither a conspiracy theorist nor someone who uses hyperbole to convey my thesis, but in America, sometimes Black boys don’t come home! This is the grim reality Black parents, especially Black Mothers, refuse to accept, but understand exists. My Grandmother told me that she would spend the night praying whenever any of her…
Read MoreWhistleblower says CDC not upfront about autism risk for black boys
For many parents having a child with autism is a unique hardship. There has been discussion in the news regarding giving children vaccinations and the link to autism. A 2004 study by the CDC titled “Examining the possibility of a relationship between an MMR vaccine and Autism,” concluded that the vaccination did not cause autism.…
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