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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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Weekly News Round-Up: Sept 26th- Oct 2nd, 2011
Sept 26th- Oct 2nd
The Black Gay Gang At Gallery Place
Shani Hilton, Washington City Paper, 9/28/11
Reconcile our children’s future
Jonathan Jansen, Times Live, 9/29/11
The color of an unequal recession
Susan Williams, Freedom Socialist, 10/1/11
Save Our Students launches campaign to break youth violence
Tracey McManus, The Augusta Chronicle, 9/29/11
Youth Programs Offer Resources to Teens
Mass Appeal News, Ashley Kohl, 9/29/11
Program to Study Youth Shootings in Chicago Districts OK’d by Council Committee
Staff Writer, Chicago Fox News, 9/29/11
Youth violence in Cleveland targeted by new group that looks for answers to stem crime
Leon Bibb, ABC News, 9/30/11
New Detroit program aims to put youths’ focus on school, show violence not a solution
GINA DAMRON, Detroit Free Press, 9/30/11
Dear white America: It looks different in black America
Anthony Orlando, Standard Speaker, 10/1/11
Why are all the Black kids in special ed? Or, why you should always demand a second opinion
Staff Writer, The Notebook, 10/2/11
New York’s Pushout Crisis: Why Students Don’t Graduate
Emily Shaw, Baruch College, 10/2/11
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