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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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April 12, 2010 – April 18, 2010
Closing the Educational Divide
Matthew Mcgowan, Avalanche-Journal, April 18, 2010
Troubled youths succeed, alcohol awareness, Milton High goes back to the ’80s
Carmen Paige, Pensacola News Journal, April 17, 2010
Kansas Wildscape Hires New Youth Programs Coordinator
Staff Writer, Kansas City InfoZine, April 17, 2010
Anti-violence group’s work on hold
Justin Fenton, The Baltimore Sun, April 17, 2010
Attending School While Black Criminalized
Ruth Calvo, The Seminal, April 17, 2010
Coloreds Need Not Apply: Modern-Day Segregation and Greek Organizations
Alexander Zou, The Student Life, April 16, 2010
Hatred spurs more violence among youth
Jennifer Hoff, Deleware Daily Times, April 16, 2010
Amherst documentary chronicles historic black school
Duffie Taylor, The News and Advance, April 16, 2010
Minority graduation rates focus of national summit
Jason Fry, The Pioneer, April 16, 2010
Time for Action on Summer Jobs for Youth
Marc H. Morial, LA Watts Times, April 15, 2010
I glimpsed a possible answer to the youth violence
Phillip Morris, The Plain Dealer, April 15, 2010
Philadelphia mayor talks tough on youth violence
Yael T. Abouhalkah, Kansas City Star, April 15, 2010
Young black achievers need to take back Jersey City’s streets
Staff Writer, The Jersey Journal, April 15, 2010
About 160 MN Black youth are waiting for an adoptive home
Lorenzo Davis, Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder, April 14, 2010
Mississippi told to stop segregating schools
James Causey, Milwaukie Journal Sentinel, April 14, 2010
“The School-to-Prison Pipeline”
Matt Stiles and Brian Thevenot, The Texas Tribune, April 14, 2010
Community gathers to confront violence
Cathy Spaulding, Mukogee Pheonix, April 14, 2010
Jadon Woodard takes his rhymes to TV – and the street
Natalie Pompilio, Philadelphia Daily News, April 14, 2010
Youths must take up world’s challenges, Michelle Obama says in Mexico speech
Katherine Skiba, Chicago Tribune, April 14, 2010
Music helps homeless teen avoid violence
Melissa Jenkins, The Sydney Herald, April 13, 2010
Making our schools safer for kids: Bullying solutions discussed at hearing
Bernard J. Scally, Montgomery Media, April 13, 2010
Lee County’s jobless teens face cruel summer
Laura Ruane, News Press, April 12, 2010
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