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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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June 6, 2011 – June 12, 2011
Minority students feel welcome at Lone Peak
Mandy Hunt, Herald Daily, June 12, 2011
Black ‘Abandoned’ Face Life of Poverty
Al Calloway, SFL Times, June 12, 2011
Dropout rates still a concern
Emily Sweeney, Boston Globe, June 12, 2011
Milwaukee artists team up with The Black Student Union at MATC to give back to local community center
Staff Writer, Courier Milwaukee, June 12, 2011
Student records families’ histories for summer job
Bill Henry, Sun Times, June 12, 2011
Black educators, others to gather in Topeka
Capital-Journal, June 11, 2011
Inner-city education fails without the church
Anthony B. Bradley, June 11, 2011
After 50 years of racial strife: Why is Greensboro still so tense?
Thom Patterson, CNN, June 10, 2011
Blacks in prison: Not an issue of prejudice
Bob Walsh, Correction Sone, June 9, 2011
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Dom Apollon, Colorlines, June 9, 2011
Jobless youth a ‘ticking time bomb’ for SA, Vavi warns
Sam Mkokeli, June 7, 2011
NAACP to create Eastern task force
Morgan Josey Glover, News-Record, June 7, 2011
Black Youth Not Politically Inclined
Wendell Hutson, Black Voice News, June 6, 2011
21st-century youth gain a taste of old-fashioned farm work
Lauren Helper, the Columbus Dispatch, June 6, 2011
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