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JSU Kids Kollege

JSU Kids Kollege

Mission Statement

The mission of Kids Kollege at Jackson State University, in partnership with parents, teachers, administrators and the community is to provide the opportunity for all students to develop academically, socially, technologically and emotionally to their greatest potential in order to become productive self-sufficient members of the twenty-first century and beyond.

Vision Statement

To Educate, Enhance, Enrich and Prepare students today to become our leaders of tomorrow through partnerships between the parents, the schools and the community. Parents, Schools and the Community Making the Education Process Work.

Coalition on Black Civic Participation

Coalition on Black Civic Participation

Black Parent Movement

Black Parent Movement

The goal of BlackParentMovement.com is to assist in the development of our next group of Young Black Leaders. We will do this by providing an o­nline platform to discuss the issues and obstacles that make the Black Parenting Mission increasingly more challenging.

This website/blog is for US…Parents, Potential Parents, Soon-to-be-Parents, Parents that have “put in their time”, and anybody else that is concerned about the state of our young people and the future of our collective Culture. By the way, Black = anyone of African decsent. The MOVEMENT is open to all that wish to be involved…

BlackParentMovement.com was started July ‘06. We will continue to develop, tweak, design and poke at the site until we get it right - feedback is encouraged.

In the meantime, have fun, agree to disagree, and spread the word…the MOVEMENT IS NOW!!

100 Black Men links teens to high-tech

100 Black Men Links Teens To High-Tech

For 14 weeks this summer, 17 teenagers bypassed sleeping late to show up in a classroom at Carnegie Mellon University.

They came on campus at 9 a.m. for five days a week to learn their way around the World Wide Web and get grounded in the basics of computer science.

The 7-year-old summer camp, called InfoLink 100, is part of the tutoring and mentoring provided by 100 Black Men of Western Pennsylvania, a professional men's civic organization.

The learning is supported by Carnegie Mellon and Highmark and is a free effort to boost the computer skills of inner-city African-American children. Studies show this demographic lags behind the cyber-learning curve of their suburban counterparts.

"We're in the computer age, so this gives them a big dose of it," said Ron Lawrence, newly elected president of 100 Black Men of Western Pennsylvania. "This is preparation for secondary education. preparation for real life."

More at the link...

Prep for Prep

Prep for Prep

The mission of Prep for Prep is to identify and nurture a generation of leaders from minority group backgrounds who have the education, the skills, and the commitment to help guide this society towards a significant narrowing of the gap between the rhetoric of the American Dream and its blemished reality. As a strategy for developing leaders from minority groups, Prep for Prep seeks to identify those boys and girls who are most likely to benefit from attending academically-demanding independent schools. The Program attempts to prepare these youngsters for success at such schools and to instill in them a commitment to educational achievement as a means of developing their leadership potential.

The Black Student Fund

The Black Student Fund

Since 1964, the Black Student Fund (BSF) has provided financial assistance and support services to Washington metropolitan area African-American students, grades pre-kindergarten to 12, and their families. BSF-assisted students stay in school, graduate high school with distinction and enter college. 70% of these students are from o­ne-parent households — Many are the first generation to progress to higher education.

   

Established to racially desegregate the independent schools of the National Capital area, the Fund serves as an advocate for all black children and strives to assure that black students and their families have equal access to every educational opportunity.

   

Although Black Student Fund programs focus o­n the hundreds of students we directly support annually, over the years, our scope has broadened to provide services that reach thousands in both the greater Washington, DC area and the nation. Whether offering parents information o­n options in education for their children, providing multiracial training to teachers, or networking black educators into the independent school system, BSF programs represent over three and o­ne half decades of expertise, and are recognized for their quality and accessibility.

Fathers Who Care

Fathers Who Care

Fathers Who Care is a comprehensive,  father friendly community social service initiative, created to provide assistance to indigent custodial and non-custodial fathers. We provide services designed to empower fathers in the areas of building positive relationships with their children, strengthing parental involvement skills and promoting responsible fatherhood.  We are always looking for opportunities to network and/or provide workshops to father friendly agencies, that are interested in maintaining and strengthening healthly relationships.

The New Jersey Orators

The New Jersey Orators

To improve the public speaking skills of New Jersey students between 7 and 18 years of age, thereby increasing their self-confidence, leadership skills and ability to maximize career choices and academic success.

New Jersey Orators, Inc. is a non-profit 501 (c) (3) volunteer organization   founded in 1985 by a small group of New Jersey African-American corporate    executives who set out to improve the language skills of African-American   youth, from ages 7 to 18 years, in preparation for roles of leadership and   employment.

 

The prime objectives of the program are

 

1. language mastery in seven categories of public speaking,
2. enhancement of self-esteem,
3. assistance in career selection, and
4. engagement of parents in their children’s development.

 

Orator training consists of 40 weeks of one-hour meetings coinciding with the school year and participation in statewide competitions. With an annual membership of almost 500 students, there are chapters throughout the State of New Jersey (Lakewood, Montclair, Neptune, New Brunswick, Newark, Nutley, Orange, Perth Amboy, Piscataway I, Piscataway II, Plainfield, Plainsboro, Scotch Plains, Somerset) in six counties (Essex, Monmouth, Middlesex, Ocean, Somerset and Union). There are over 200 volunteer coaches, and almost 100 volunteer judges, timekeepers, and assistants. The organization is managed by five (5) Co-Founders, who are the Board of Directors, and a volunteer Management Board. The New Jersey Orators is located in Somerset, NJ and shares the office facility with the headquarters of the ORATORS, INC.

 

The organization has three Critical Success Factors:

 

1. competition performance,
2. depth and range of knowledge of competition categories
3. high school graduation.

 

Students are evaluated by judges, tracked by coaches in their selection and   mastery of the categories, and monitored for high school completion.

Beehive Arts Program

Beehive Arts Program

The Beehive is an arts program dedicated to sharing the repertoire-and-technique of the Seven Cultural Arts with as many young people as possible through classroom and after school instruction. Students work closely with an artist in a classroom setting and receive hands-on instruction.

Positive Black Men Coalition

Positive Black Men Coalition

Positive Black Men Coalition (PBMC) is an entertainment organization that, for the past thirteen years, has provided upscale entertainment events in the Washington Metropolitan Area. It is our mission to provide an upscale social environment where mature adults can network and enjoy R&B, jazz, and old school music, as well as live entertainment. Each event PBMC selects a charitable organization and donates a portion of the proceeds made. To date we have made donations to the following organizations: The Root Foundation, DC Village, Prince George's County Race for Education, Prince George's County Battered Women's Shelter, Walker Mill Middle School, and The Red Cross - to assist the victims of the Tsunami. Our events have been held at upscale venues throughout the area, which include but are not limited to: Hyatt Regency Crystal City, National Press Club, Washington Convention Center, and aboard the Odyssey Cruise Ship. PBMC has had the privilege of having top national recording artists perform at our events. They include Patti LaBelle, Anthony Hamilton, Roy Ayers, Kim Kemistry, and Kindred & The Family Soul, just to name a few.

The AGBOLE YORUBA School

The AGBOLE YORUBA School

As the nation's first and only full time pre-kindergarten to ninth grade school offering instruction in English and Yoruba as equal languages in all subjects, the mission of the Agbole Yoruba School is to create a standard for academic excellence through full immersion in American and yoruba culture.

   

Watoto World

Watoto World

WATOTO VILLAGE, seeks to partner individuals, business, organizations, and communities to "adopt" schools in Urban America in an effort to provide the technology skills and resources to our children. Here you will find Home Pages and other works of adopted schools. New Perspective Technologies and The Park Place Academy have adopted James Monroe Elementary, of Norfolk, VA. GrabEwE, Inc., Watoto World partners, have adopted Job Barnard Elementary in Washington, D.C.

Real Men Charities, Inc.

Real Men Charities, Inc.

Real Men Charities, Inc. is the national not-for-profit organization that presents the Real Men Cook® events. Funds are used to build and continue programs to honor fathers and father figures, to empower families and perpetuate the memory and spirit of Karega Kofi Moyo and Yvette Jackson Moyo, who founded the annual Father's Day event. This is done by the encouragement and promotion of education through voluntary grants, by scholarships or otherwise to individuals, institutions, and organizations.

Real Men Charities, Inc. was organized to teach and foster the prevention of cruelty to children, to combat and curb delinquency throughout the United States, to work in cooperation with private and governmental agencies concerned with at risk of delinquent children, to organize nationwide public relations programs for the purpose of advising the general public of the causes of at risk children, to engage in charitable programs with organizations whose aim is to donate clothes, toys, games and sporting equipment to children, to organize, operate and maintain without profit youth centers for boys and girls who may not be privileged to have the use of such for computer instruction, recreational athletics, cooking, and other wholesome activities in their free hours from school.

Real Men Charities, Inc. was organized to foster and encourage education in the culinary arts by assisting cookbook authors and cooks to develop recipes and effect working relationships with media, manufacturers, processors, chefs, restaurants, hotels, importers and other organizations and individuals concerned with cooking and recipes.

Maintaining camps and centers for instructive recreative purposes, building, purchasing, owning or leasing and managing camps, dining halls, reading rooms and other buildings for the purpose of the corporation as set forth herein.

Real Men Charities, Inc. was organized to diffuse a general knowledge of literature, art, and science through the medium of lectures, publications, and dramatic performances to assist other educational, civic, political and economic movements and organizations; and to cooperate with such to initiate such movements.

Real Men Charities, Inc. was organized to foster and encourage positive parenting, to promote good health practices and create programs and partnerships to decrease fatalities due to hypertension, diabetes and prostate cancer to name a few. Real Men Charities, Inc. was organized to add value to Father's Day and activities that honor men who serve as examples of responsibility to families, to prevent cruelty to children, to establish, equip, maintain and operate playgrounds for children, to further by clinical study, laboratory research, publication and teaching the knowledge of diseases including Lupus, Sickle Cell Anemia, Diabetes and other diseases afflicting African Americans and other minorities.

Urban Ed

Urban Ed

Urban Ed, Inc., is a community development organization whose mission is to provide education, information and skill development to low-income people of color to foster economic independence. The organization carries out its mission by focusing on advanced training in employment sectors that offer jobs with stability, mobility, and above-average wages. We also advocate for and organize people to change and/or remove common institutional barriers to their gaining financial independence. Urban Ed's current focus is within the technology sector and we are implementing our Pathways to Prosperity initiative which consist of employment strategies that provide intensive advanced training in computer programming to low- to no-income youth and young adults ranging in age from 13 and up. Our programs serve as the catalyst for systematic change among the segment of the population that has been disenfranchised due to their low income levels, their academic performance, their race and in some cases their delinquent background. We promote leadership, academic performance, and workforce preparation to enable these underserved youth to be competitive members of society and challenge the status quo

A Good Black Man

A Good Black Man

Agoodblackman.com was born out of the belief that the purpose of our history is to enhance our present and secure our futures. We believe that our history exists for us and that the common history all African Americans share should be the basis for our solidarity, not an excuse for our disintegration as a race. It is our mission to remind you of that. Agoodblackman.com believes in the countless numbers of Black men out there who have devoted their lives to building strong communities, families and relationships. We want to help those Black men (and women) who have positive messages to convey. We want as many of them as possible to know that we're listening and that we'll devote our best interests to helping them get their positive messages out.

Malcolm X College Workshop

MXC workshop puts focus on black men
Black male mentors speak to younger counterparts
By ROBERT FELTON

While the atmosphere outside at Malcolm X College's 24-hour Registration Block Party Saturday was festive, black men both young and old were getting down to business of empowering themselves during an afternoon workshop taking place inside.

The four-hour workshop on black male image targeted youth aged 8 through 16. There were nearly three dozen young men in attendance to hear community leaders and male students from Howard University, who spoke about the importance of realizing their potential.

"I have attended events geared toward creating positive black male images and empowering black men, however, they generally featured older gentlemen," said Kevin Booth, a senior in advertising at Howard University. "That is fine, but we felt that as student speakers, our words would have more resonance because the young people in the audience can relate to us. We're closer in age and we kind of have an idea of what their desires, dreams and plans are."

The program was a collaboration between the Monarch Awards Foundation of Xi Omega Chapter, Alpha Kappa Sorority and Howard University.

National Black Home Educators

National Black Home Educators

The National Black Home Educators Resource Association (NBHERA) is a resource network founded by Eric and Joyce Burges in July 2000. This association will encourage, support and offer fellowship to families who are exploring benefits of home education. Eric and his wife, Joyce, have homeschooled for nearly l4 years. ...

The National Black Home Educators Resource Association, a premier networking organization founded by the Burgeses, was created to serve the community by providing assistance with information about getting started homeschool, networking/connecting veteran families with new families, recommending resources such as books, music, films, speaking information, curriculum, etc. NBHERA's mission endeavors to empower parents to educate their children for excellence.

Black Star Project

Black Star Project

The Black Star Project provides educational services that help pre-school children, elementary and high school students, and college students (with the support of their families) succeed academically. Additionally, we help students aspire to higher education and post-secondary school training while seeking careers that will be emotionally, intellectually and financially rewarding. While our services are available to all students, we particularly direct our services to low-income African American, Latino and Native American students in low-achieving schools.

   

Black Men Raising Girls Alone

Black Men Raising Girls Alone

Black Men Raising Girls Alone (BMRGA) is dedicated to strengthening the moral and spiritual fiber of the young black woman that is parented only (or primarily) by her father.

Our goal is to ensure that the young black woman has the highest likihood of being successful, happy, healthy and safe.

Black Women In Sisterhood for Action (BISA)

Black Women In Sisterhood for Action (BISA)

Black Women In Sisterhood for Action (BISA) was founded on January 10, 1980, as a non-profit organization, whose purposes are to develop and promote alternative strategies for educational and career development of black women; provide scholarship assistance to young black women; provide support and social assistance for senior black women in the community; share information in meaningful ways with the community at-large; and to provide leadership, role models, and mentors for young black women. For the past 25 years, BISA has been publishing annual calendars of distinguished black women, who serve as role models and mentors for BISA's scholarship recipients. It is through the support of BISA's philosophy, goals, and programs and the marketing of BISA's calendar, posters, reference books, and annual gala conference that BISA is able to support its national scholarship program. Other support is obtained from individual contributions and the Combined Federal Campaign (CFC). We have sponsored 22 gala programs honoring 301 distinguished black women to date. In addition, we have published four major reference books and 25 calendars.

Encourage a Brotha

Encourage a Brotha

Positive news about Black males that disprove negative stereotypes

Black Gives Back

Black Gives Back

A Blog Dedicated to Philanthropy in the African American Community.

Black Excel

Black Excel

The college help network.

Black Women of Essence, Inc. (BWOE)

Black Women of Essence, Inc. (BWOE)

Black Women of Essence, Inc. (BWOE) is a Non-Profit 501(c)(3) Women of Color Organization. Our vision is to enhance the quality of life by providing resources, services, education, networking opportunities along with advocacy and promoting self-awareness within our communities. We believe when women improve the quality of their lives, the communities to which they contribute also improve. BWOE was built on a foundation of Sisterhood that allows us to strengthen, encourage, empower and embrace one another with genuine love. BWOE is comprised of a variety of women who are from different demographics (professional, social, geographic, age, education, economic, religion and race) but we all share the same visions for empowering each other and improving our communities. Our Sisterhood provides an atmosphere that is comfortable and related; we offer a listening ear, advice and experiences while respecting another Sisters opinion or beliefs and "agree to disagree". We were founded in the late spring / early fall of 1999. We began as an online Stay-at-home Black Mother’s email loop. We provided comfort, support, knowledge and a sisterly atmosphere to Expectant Mother’s and Mothers of Color.

The Black Collegian

The Black Collegian

THE BLACK COLLEGIAN Online provides cutting-edge information on career resources for Black collegians. Job search strategies, graduate school opportunities, career and industry reports are explored. This site is the cyberspace partner of THE BLACK COLLEGIAN Magazine, serving the career and self-development interests of African-American collegians since 1970.

Black Fatherhood

Black Fatherhood

Welcome to the Black Fatherhood Community!

Black Fatherhood  is an interactive resource featuring, news, information, and links for Black Fathers and their families.

Our emphasis is on helping Black Fathers to embrace fatherhood, and to raise their children to be productive members of society.

(Hat tip: Black Informant)

Africa Seed

Africa Seed

We are a formal body of a Board of Directors of Africans from the continent and Africans and others from American cultures. We are additionally an informal body of changing and consistent volunteers from different American ethnic groups and countries. We constantly seek additional people to serve for 2-3 year terms on our Board. We have varied backgrounds including academics, engineering, journalism, major corporate people, artists, writers, community leaders, female, male, always employed, sometimes employed, youthful, mature, with various politics and spiritualities.

   

Harlem Live

Harlem Live

HarlemLive is award winning, critically acclaimed web magazine produced by teens from throughout New York City. It is a journalism, technology and leadership program that teaches students ages 13 to 21 how to run an online newspaper. The publication, "HarlemLive," (www.harlemlive.org), includes news articles, investigative stories, opinion pieces, personal essays, poetry, photography and video documentaries. The students organize events, conduct workshops and sit on panels, increasing their networking and public speaking abilities. The program is located on 125th Street in Manhattan, the heart of Harlem's commercial district, just a half block from the historic Apollo Theatre.

African American Relations Institute

African American Relations Institute

Promoting  Healthy Relationships, Marriages & Families

Overall, the goal of the National African American Relationships Institute (NAARI), a 501 (c) 3 organization, is to promote healthy relationships, marriages and families. Through NAARI's National Conference, we bring together scholars, authors, marriage & family therapists & practitioners, educational, community, civic, professional, youth and faith based organizations, government agencies, and corporations, to explore ways to strengthen African American relationships, marriages and families. Ultimately our aim is to provide information, education, and skills and relationship, marriage, and family support services to African American singles, couples and families.

International Black Buyers and Manufacturers Expo and Conference

International Black Buyers and Manufacturers Expo and Conference

The International Black Buyers and Manufacturers Expo and Conference was created to provide Black retailers, manufacturers, importers, exporters, artists, craftspeople, clothiers and booksellers from throughout the African Diaspora an opportunity to gather once a year for technical training, general business education, trade and networking opportunities. It is understood that the natural outgrowth of this effort will be stronger black-owned businesses in the retail industry, increased employment opportunities, stronger communities and a brighter future for many within the black race.

Mocha Moms

Mocha Moms

Mocha Moms is a support group for mothers of color who have chosen not to work full-time outside of the home in order to devote more time to their families. While many of our members have eliminated employment altogether, others work part-time, flex-time, night shifts, have home-based businesses, consult or freelance from home or have chosen alternative, less demanding career paths so that they are more available to their families. Our goal is to support the decisions made by our members. We will never pass judgment on mothers who choose to make or are forced to make different decisions for their families. (See Mocha Moms Inc. and the "Mommy Wars"). Mocha Moms welcomes people of all religions, races, educational backgrounds and income levels. (See Anti-Discrimination Language) Anyone who supports the mission of Mocha Moms is welcome to join.

Black Star Project

Black Star Project

Schools cannot educate children without the support of parents, families and communities.  Good teachers and administrators are invaluable to the educational process, but they are not miracle workers.  Schools, by themselves, do not educate children; they simply reinforce and expand what children already know when they come to school.  What happens in a school is important; but just as important is what happens in the home and the community where the child lives.  Societal structures, value systems, cultures, institutions, and positive environments are powerful influencers of education in children.  Good schools seldom (if ever) create good communities; but good communities usually create good schools!  Active and involved parents, families, communities are necessary to educate children.

Founded in 1996 by Phillip Jackson, The Black Star Project is committed to improving the quality of life in Black and Latino communities of Chicago and nationwide by eliminating the racial academic achievement gap.  Our mission is to provide educational services that help pre-school through college students succeed academically and become knowledgeable and productive citizens with the support of their parents, families, schools and communities. Additionally, we help students aspire to post-secondary educational opportunities and training while exploring careers that will be emotionally, intellectually and financially rewarding.  Our services are available to all students, particularly low-income Black and Latino students who attend low-achieving schools in disadvantaged communities.  In order to achieve our goal of eliminating the racial academic achievement gap, we concentrate on three main areas of initiative: student engagement, parental development and advocacy.  The Black Star Project conducts its programming and varied approaches to closing the racial academic achievement gap primarily through parent and student leadership development and advocacy.

Celebrating Children

Celebrating Children

Based in Aurora, Illinois, CelebratingChildren.com, the premier African American parenting website, offers articles, books, tips, cards and gifts primarily for African American families with children ages 0-10. CelebratingChildren.com provides articles that explore a wide array of topics including children's literature, education, music and family finance. The articles supplement traditional parenting resources by examining topics that are often overlooked but are of great interest to African American families.

The Family Digest

The Family Digest

Smarter, Healthier, Happier Families

Black Family Network

Black Family Network

Career Communications Group, Inc (CCG) was founded over 20 years ago with a unique mission: To promote significant minority achievement in engineering, science and technology. As a minority-owned media services company, we recognize the mandate to promote excellence to our youth by telling the stories of the thousands of unheralded people striving for success. Through our inspiring magazines, award-winning syndicated television programs, and annual national conferences, CCG reaches thousands of Black students and professionals each year. It is through our continuous research and relationships that we are addressing this urgent need: To promote opportunities for the Black Community to take a leadership role in developing and teaching its children and professionals about the work of technology, and to ensure that we will have a role in this phenomenon, if we are prepared. The field of technology is the future. Studies show that Information Technology is already outstripping all other industries in economic growth. As a community, it is critical that we become a major part of the economy of the next millennium. Education and job-preparedness are the guarantees we need to find our place in that development.

A Better Chance

A Better Chance

A Better Chance is a national non-profit talent search organization. Through the College Preparatory Schools Program, we recruit talented students of color to place them in outstanding independent and public schools. A Better Chance does not give scholarships. We match students with schools.

Black Family Development Inc.(BFDI)

Black Family Development

Black Family Development Inc.(BFDI) is a private non-profit counseling agency that was created in 1978 by the Detroit Chapter of the National Association of Black Social Workers.(DABSW) By establishing BFDI as a family counseling agency, DABSW sought to promote and provide quality social work services in Detroit that were culturally relevant and culturally sensitive. The original community project, which gave birth to BFDI, was based on the agreed upon needs of the community and resulted in a programmatic focus by BFDI on child abuse and neglect. Since that time, BFDI has grown to accommodate the increasing demand for a variety of specialized, family focused counseling and advocacy services in the community.

National Center for Neighborhood Enterprise

National Center for Neighborhood Enterprise

The mission of the National Center for Neighborhood Enterprise is to empower neighborhood leaders to promote solutions that reduce crime and violence, restore families, revitalize low-income communities, and create economic enterprise.

African American Adoptions Online

African American Adoptions Online

Are You Interested in Adopting an African American Infant or Child?

The African American Homeschoolers Network

The African American Homeschoolers Network

The African American Homeschoolers Network is an organization established for families seeking educational resources. Founded by Meka Hunt and Akosua Magee in 2002, the network has grown consistently. Resources for members include our list group. tons of information within the web site, and workshops and conferences on relevant topics.

Mentor Program Shows What Black Kids Need

Mentor Program Shows What Black Kids Need
Leonard Pitts, Jr.

"I sure hope Timothy doesn’t come to school today."

When that thought came to mind, said Frederica Wilson, surveying the faces at the conference table in the Miami-Dade County Public Schools headquarters, she knew she had a problem. After all, she was a school principal and a black. And Timothy was a student, and black. But Timothy was also a terror and as she drove to school, she found herself hoping he wouldn’t be there.

The thought shocked her. If she dreaded Timothy, she said, how must her Hispanic and white teachers have felt about him? And why was it every time she held a disciplinary conference, it was for a black boy? Why were they the ones who always seemed to be in trouble?

So she started meeting with them, "trying to find out why they were so angry and why they were so disruptive and why they wanted to fight all the time." Then she started calling men in to help her.

Fourteen years and more than 15,000 boys later, Wilson is a Florida state senator and the mentoring effort she started has become the 5000 Role Models of Excellence. It operates in 91 Miami-area schools and claims better than 95 percent success at keeping its boys out of trouble with school officials and the law.

Recently, Wilson and some of the Role Model men were joined at a conference table by boys who became men under the program.

One of them is Kionne McGhee. Child of a single mother, he was suspended from school 47 times, labeled emotionally handicapped and learning disabled. Today he is an assistant state attorney. "The problem was, I was acting out because I needed a black male or somebody that could relate to me," he said, as opposed to someone who understood him only "through theory."

Mentor Program Shows What Black Kids Need
Leonard Pitts, Jr.

"I sure hope Timothy doesn’t come to school today."

When that thought came to mind, said Frederica Wilson, surveying the faces at the conference table in the Miami-Dade County Public Schools headquarters, she knew she had a problem. After all, she was a school principal and a black. And Timothy was a student, and black. But Timothy was also a terror and as she drove to school, she found herself hoping he wouldn’t be there.

The thought shocked her. If she dreaded Timothy, she said, how must her Hispanic and white teachers have felt about him? And why was it every time she held a disciplinary conference, it was for a black boy? Why were they the ones who always seemed to be in trouble?

So she started meeting with them, "trying to find out why they were so angry and why they were so disruptive and why they wanted to fight all the time." Then she started calling men in to help her.

Fourteen years and more than 15,000 boys later, Wilson is a Florida state senator and the mentoring effort she started has become the 5000 Role Models of Excellence. It operates in 91 Miami-area schools and claims better than 95 percent success at keeping its boys out of trouble with school officials and the law.

Recently, Wilson and some of the Role Model men were joined at a conference table by boys who became men under the program.

One of them is Kionne McGhee. Child of a single mother, he was suspended from school 47 times, labeled emotionally handicapped and learning disabled. Today he is an assistant state attorney. "The problem was, I was acting out because I needed a black male or somebody that could relate to me," he said, as opposed to someone who understood him only "through theory."

The National African-American Homeschoolers Alliance

The National African-American Homeschoolers Alliance

The National African-American Homeschoolers Alliance was born out of a desire to unite African-American homeschoolers nationally. Launched in January 2003, NAAHA is a decidedly nonsectarian organization where all families' religious values are appreciated and welcomed. In fact, we are the only nonsectarian organization for African-American home schooling families. We think this is important because we want all of our information to be accessible to all families without a religious bias. We currently have members who are Christian, Muslim, and Buddhist as well as families who practice non- faith based home education.

Operation Hope

Operation Hope

Operation HOPE, Inc. (OHI) is a non-profit, public benefit organization, founded immediately following the civil unrest of April 29, 1992 in Los Angeles. OHI is America’s leading provider of economic tools and services. OHI is an effective facilitator, lender, advocate and educator for and on behalf of the other America.

Through a series of public/private partnerships and strategic alliances, OHI has developed and implemented programs focused on connecting the minority community with mainstream, private sector resources, and empowering under-served communities. While OHI is actively and directly involved in the communities it serves, the long range programmatic objective of OHI is to literally “drive itself out of business.” OHI desires to slowly transition out of direct program management, in areas such as lending, replacing OHI with private sector providers. Further, OHI desires to increase its direct support and involvement with community based non-profit organizations. OHI brings together, under one organizational umbrella, some of the most talented, experienced and successful individuals that America has to offer, both from the minority and mainstream community.

Mothers In Charge

Mothers In Charge was founded by Dorothy Johnson-Speight as a community advocacy and support organization for families affected by violence. Dorothy Johnson-Speight's 24 year old son was murdered over a parking space in December 2001.

The mission of Mothers In Charge is violence prevention, education and intervention for youth, young adults, families and community organizations. In addition, Mothers In Charge works with elected officials on legislation to support safe neighborhoods and communities for children and families and collaborates with community and faith based organizations.

Mothers In Charge will advocate for families affected by violence and provide counseling and grief support services for families when a loved one has been murdered. Mothers In Charge is comprised of impassioned mothers, grandmothers, aunts, and sisters who are committed to working towards savings lives. Most of the members have experienced the horror of having a son or daughter or loved one murdered. Because of the death and the life of their loved one, each mother and member is committed to saving lives and preventing another mother from having to experience this terrible tragedy.

Each mother, sister, aunt, or grandmother brings a special gift to this organization and its mission. Their passion and drive comes from within because each one of these brave women has somehow found the strength to attempt to turn a personal tragedy into a medium for change. They realize that positive change cannot happen within communities without addressing the issue of senseless and random violence.

Mothers In Charge was founded by Dorothy Johnson-Speight as a community advocacy and support organization for families affected by violence. Dorothy Johnson-Speight's 24 year old son was murdered over a parking space in December 2001.

The mission of Mothers In Charge is violence prevention, education and intervention for youth, young adults, families and community organizations. In addition, Mothers In Charge works with elected officials on legislation to support safe neighborhoods and communities for children and families and collaborates with community and faith based organizations.

Mothers In Charge will advocate for families affected by violence and provide counseling and grief support services for families when a loved one has been murdered. Mothers In Charge is comprised of impassioned mothers, grandmothers, aunts, and sisters who are committed to working towards savings lives. Most of the members have experienced the horror of having a son or daughter or loved one murdered. Because of the death and the life of their loved one, each mother and member is committed to saving lives and preventing another mother from having to experience this terrible tragedy.

Each mother, sister, aunt, or grandmother brings a special gift to this organization and its mission. Their passion and drive comes from within because each one of these brave women has somehow found the strength to attempt to turn a personal tragedy into a medium for change. They realize that positive change cannot happen within communities without addressing the issue of senseless and random violence.

National Urban League

National Urban League

Established in 1910, The Urban League is the nation's oldest and largest community- based movement devoted to empowering African Americans to enter the economic and social mainstream. Today, the National Urban League, headquartered in New York City, spearheads the non-partisan efforts of its local affiliates. There are over 100 local affiliates of the National Urban League located in 35 states and the District of Columbia providing direct services to more than 2 million people nationwide through programs, advocacy and research.

National Black Child Development Institute

National Black Child Development Institute

For the past 31 years, the National Black Child Development Institute has been steadfast in its mission to improve and protect the lives of children. Along with the affiliate network composed of volunteers from across the nation, we have worked to improve child welfare services, make universal early care and education a reality, build family support services, press for educational reform and provide vital information on children's health. As we are now into the new millennium, it is critical that we continue to dedicate ourselves to giving every child a chance. We believe that such a vision should recognize the pivotal role that all members of our community must play if equity and access are to become a reality for our children. This includes parents, the faith community, social and civic clubs, the barber and barber shops in the community - all of which must become part of the mobilization on behalf of our children.

Community Renewal Society's Web

Community Renewal Society's Web

Hello and welcome to Community Renewal Society's Web site. Founded in 1882 by laypersons and clergy of the Congregational Church (predecessor of the United Church of Christ), the Community Renewal Society is a metropolitan Chicago, faith-based, social justice organization. Community Renewal Society seeks to renew communities by bringing individuals and organization together across racial, class, denominational and faith lines.

The Twenty-First Century Foundation

The mission of The Twenty-First Century Foundation (21CF) is to advance strategic Black philanthropy.

In 1971, when Robert Browne, founder of The Twenty-First Century Foundation, gave the grant making institution its name, many people thought it was far ahead of its time. Not just because of the futuristic ring to it – Twenty-First Century, but because Browne’s depth of vision led him to establish an endowment, as the cornerstone of a permanent, renewable resource for Black community initiative. But now, the future is here, and many realize that a Black-led and governed grant making organization is an idea whose time has come – and it's now.

The Warrick Dunn Foundation

The Warrick Dunn Foundation

Mission Statement

Dedicated to providing opportunities for economically-disadvantaged single parents and children who have demonstrated a commitment to achieve financial independence and stability.

Vision Statement

Empowering communities, one home at a time.

After being drafted to the NFL by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 1997, Warrick established a program called “Homes for the Holidays” as an effort to keep his mother's dream of homeownership alive through other single mothers working hard to provide for their families.

"Homes for the Holidays" assists single mothers in owning their first home by providing the down payment on a house and then filling the house with everything a first-time homeowner would need including: furniture, food, linens, lawn mower, gardening supplies, washer, dryer, dishes, pots and pans, etc. This program is the primary focus of the Warrick Dunn Foundation and to date has assisted 45 single mothers and 120 children in Atlanta, GA, Baton Rouge, LA and Tampa, FL.

The National Center for Black Philanthropy, Inc. (NCBP)

The National Center for Black Philanthropy, Inc. (NCBP)

The mission of The National Center for Black Philanthropy, Inc. (NCBP) is to promote increased giving and volunteerism among African Americans, educate the public about the importance of African American philanthropy; promote full participation by African Americans in all aspects of philanthropy; strengthen and support institutions involved in African American philanthropy; and conduct research into the contributions of African American philanthropy to the social and economic well-being of all Americans.