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Why take the pledge?
Far too many Black youth continue to be demonized, criminalized and murdered.
Enough is enough!
In response to this intensifying crisis, the Black Youth Project (BYP) has launched “The Pledge.”
With “The Pledge,” we are asking individuals and organizations to close ranks around black youth and make a commitment to take action and fight with black youth as they confront a relentless crisis. We at the BYP believe that each person can make a difference by doing something!
By taking The Pledge we not only articulate our concern about black youth, but symbolically unite our voices with others who will work to confront this crisis.
If we each take action, whether it is starting a group, signing a petition, or mentoring a young person in your neighborhood, then we all become a part of the solution.
Stand With Black Youth!
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Week of June 8, 2009 to June 14, 2009
Crofton Killing Prompts Race Discussion
Shantee Woodards, The Capital, June 14, 2009
“A Pebble Tossed in the Pond, and the Rings are Still Going Out.” In 1986, Amid Rising Violence, Denver Police Complied a List of 69 Names. They Were Mostly African-American Teens, Lived Near East 28th Avenue and Williams Street and Were Believed to Be Members of the Rolling 20 Crips. In the Nearly Quarter-Century Since, Some of Those Names Seem to Have Been Listed by Mistake and Others Found Redemption, but Many Lived Exactly as Cops Feared.
Burt Hubbard and Felisa Cardona, The Denver Post, June 14, 2009
Job Market, Rising Interest Rates Seen as Threats to Economic Recovery
The Frontrunner, June, 12, 2009
Fighting to Preserve Family: 2 From Single-Parent House Build Strength in Black Households
Clem Richardson, Daily News, June 12, 2009
Scholastic Launches Nationwide Mentoring and Literacy Program
Marketwire, June 12, 2009
Milpitas Students Rally to Help Foster Youth Join Graduation Ceremony
Karen de Sa, San Jose Mercury News, June 11, 2009
Teaching Kids the Cost of Urban Violence
Mary E. Medland, The Chronicle of Philanthropy, June 11, 2009
LA County Offers Teens Home Delivery of STD Tests
Shaya Tayefe Mohaier, Associated Press State & Local Wire, June 11, 2009
Scholars Programs Helps Black Students in Alameda County
Katy Murphy, Oakland Tribune, June 10, 2009
Sizable Health Disparities Evident in Every State Between Women of Different Racial and Ethnic Groups
Kaiser Family Foundation, June 10, 2009
NYPD-Backed Nabe Patrol Tied to Attack
Simone Weichselbaum and Alison Gendar, Daily News, June 9, 2009
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