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Montgomery Village, MD (BlackNews.com 1/22/07) - If the key to understanding is listening, then--Listen up!
Listening to the Voices and Aspirations of Disconnected Youth, a new report released by The Youth Development and Research Fund (YDRF) takes a candid look at America's current drop-out situation from the perspective that matters the most--disconnected youth.
The Center for Labor Market Studies at Northeastern University estimates that one out of every four African-American and one out of five Latinos between the ages of 16-25, are not in school, jobless, and on the street.
Focus groups were conducted with disconnected youth in five cities (Madera, CA; Fresno, CA; Dallas, TX; Gaithersburg, MD; and Baltimore MD). In these cities, the youth engaged in open and honest discussion regarding the reasons why such a large number of youth are out-of-school and jobless, and why they have little motivation towards changing this growing epidemic. Their candor provides insight into their lack of faith in the current educational and job training programs, by shedding light on the reasons for their resistance to returning to these programs.
Written by Edward DeJesus, this report speaks directly to the parents, programs, and schools who are trying to get youth back on the road to greater success, offering ideas for policy changes that will spark greater interest in disengaged youth. Some of the included recommendations are:
* Strategically demonstrate evidence of engagement, collaborations,
and positive outcomes
* Provide monetary incentives
* Secure credible endorsements
* Transform the program
* Provide meaningful transferable work experience
* Provide effective substance abuse and metal health services
* Build motivational triggers
* Alter traditional hours of operation
* Secure reliable and quality childcare
* Understand youth culture and methods to utilize it to address
insidious behaviors and values.
Parents, Programs and Schools are trying to get youth to go back to, and stay in, school but the truth is many young adults just don't want to go. "The payoff from education is tremendous," states report writer, Edward DeJesus. "Yet, the reasons behind the high number of young adults who disregard education and employment opportunities and engage in less productive activities have baffled educators and parents for years. We think this report will spark ideas on what policy and practice needs to do to engage those who have been hard to engage."
For a copy of the report visit: www.YDRF.com
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Charlotte, NC (BlackNews.com) (2/3/06)- Rachel Oliver-Cobbin Miss Black America 1986 rolls out new scholarship pageant and development program for African American teen girls between the ages of 15 to 18 years old.
The Miss Teen African American Scholarship Pageant and Development Program is a national competition in which teen girls from every state can vie for crowns to represent their state at the national event held in Charlotte, NC this summer.
When asked how this pageant is different from the numerous other pageants in existence today, Mrs. Oliver-Cobbin says, "By participating in this pageant and development program you will Train to Reign. The program is more than the typical five day, production centered competition. It is a preparatory course in self development designed to equip the young women with a defined sense of self and purpose that leads to a more disciplined and courageous life."
The contestants will be educated in both technical and practical life enhancing skills through the use of written materials, participation in enrichment sessions, and hours of hands-on training. The Miss Teen African American Scholarship Pageant and Development Program is an excellent proving ground for young women who are the best and the brightest of today and the leaders of tomorrow.
Several mothers and daughters, who have already signed up for the program, say they have been waiting on a program like this for a long time, and say, they feel this is truly a golden opportunity.
The excitement begins July 7th - 23rd, 2006 in the Queen City Charlotte, North Carolina. The winner will receive an extensive prize package featuring a $10,000 cash scholarship for college and a new 2006 automobile. Teen girls 15 to 18 years of age interested in representing their state can apply for acceptance into the program. The application deadline is February 28, 2006. For more details please contact Rachel Oliver-Cobbin, Executive Director at 704-392-6852 or visit us on the web at www.missteenafricanamerican.com
New Castle, DE (BlackNews.com) (2/1/06)- Parents, schools, communities and yes, even churches are challenged by today's teens. "Schools need to think way outside the box relating to helping students connect their current education to their future aspirations," states educational consultant, motivational speaker and author Darrell Coach D Andrews. "What I am seeing in schools nationwide is a generation of teenagers who simply are not making the connection. Many of our teens see school as a place to hangout with their friends, compare clothing and gossip around whats happening in the neighborhood. Once the bell rings, they are tuning out the educators. They do not see education as the connector to their future dreams."
The Purpose Living Teen - A Teen's Guide To Living Your Dreams provides schools, parents and communities with an easy to use tool to help youth make that connection. "The book is more than just a motivation book, it is a strategy book," says Andrews. "Our mission is to create a national buzz around this topic by making purpose a priority in our schools and homes."
Coach D speaks to hundreds of schools, school districts, education associations and parent groups annually on the subjects of connecting dreams to education and motivating students of color. He also speaks regularly to students through assemblies, workshops and the development of youth councils where he witnesses first-hand the need for such a resource.
"I consistently see two challenges when it comes to students of color fully realizing the value of an education. First, many of them do not have a vision for their future. Second, of those who do, they experience negative peer pressure from others who say that they can't achieve those dreams."
Andrew's solution: "Since schools have our children for most of the day we need to help them create an infrastructure around motivating them towards personal and academic excellence on a daily basis. Parents also have an influence and should use this influence to help their children see their life as a mission instead of simply living for the moment."
The results of such solution are evident in a school district in Florida in which Coach D worked with the students, parents and educators. In less than one year the school district had gone from the bottom to the second highest district in the state with an increase in standardized test scores. The superintendent, administrators, parents and community were passionate about students having a sense of purpose for their lives and the district working collectively towards one goal of student success. Their students understood the connection and success in the classroom made sense to them.
Andrews is traveling the country speaking and sharing the concepts found in the book to help students, parent groups and school districts.
Washington, DC (BlackNews.com 11/20/06) - The Health Policy Institute (HPI) of the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies today released a report from the Dellums Commission detailing policy recommendations that can improve life options for young men of color who face many social and institutional obstacles in American society.
In addition, HPI announced that the AFL-CIO, as well as other parts of the Labor Movement, have partnered with HPI to launch a new initiative, Mobilization for Young Men of Color (MYMC), a pilot program that will work with local, state and federal governments to implement policy changes, while also recruiting a massive multi-sector response that will create employment, educational and cultural opportunities for these young men.
“During the past 25 years, a series of public policies have had a negative impact upon young men from communities of color,” said the Honorable Ron Dellums, the Oakland Mayor-elect and former Congressman, who headed the Commission that spent 18 months studying the problems facing young men of color. “Many public policies have had a cumulative and hardening effect limiting life options for young men of color.”
The Commission, whose work was funded through a grant from the Kellogg Foundation, investigated circumstances faced by a wide range of minority male youths ranging from the challenges that African American and Hispanic youths face in urban and rural communities, to the plight of Native American and Alaskan youths, to the often overlooked obstacles that Asian youths encounter.
“This is the first time in our nation’s history that an esteemed group of scholars, public officials, community activists and legal experts have investigated the problems faced by youths from every large minority group in the US,” said Elliott Hall, Chairman of the board of the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies. “The Commission’s work will have a huge impact on our nation’s future, and has already spurred a substantive response that will begin to make a difference in the lives of these young men.”
The Commission report paints a vivid picture of the obstacles that young men of color face trying to succeed in America today.
High school graduation rates for minorities African Americans (42.8 percent), American Indian/Alaska Natives (47 percent) and Hispanics (48 percent) are far lower than whites (70.8 percent). More than 29 percent of African American males who are 15 years old today are likely to go to prison at some point in their lives, compared to 4.4 percent of white males of the same age. Health outcomes are also troubling. For example, the mortality rate from homicide for African American males ages 15-17 is 34.4 per 100,000, compared to a rate of 2.4 per 100,000 non-Hispanic white males ages 15-17.
The Commission concluded that misguided public policies have contributed to many of the hurdles faced by young men of color. For instance, the report noted that prison incarceration rates shot up in the 1980s after youth offenders were increasingly diverted to adult criminal systems and municipalities abandoned rehabilitation and treatment for drug users in favor of interdiction and criminal sanctions. Moreover, the report said school dropout rates grew with the imposition of zero tolerance policies in schools across the country and that there has been a decline for young men of color in post secondary education.
“The diminished life options and outcomes that young men of color confront in today’s America is not a natural phenomenon,” said Dr. Gail Christopher, director of the HPI, which sponsored the Dellums Commission. “The Commission uncovered a series of policy decisions over the past three decades that have had a harmful impact on the way minority youth develop in our society. We have a duty to stop them now and reverse course. We cannot give up on our youth, and we must ask that they not give up on us.”
To address these and other concerns, the Commission’s recommendations include that:
* Legislators should heed the call of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Kennedy and other prominent justice officials for the repeal of mandatory minimums, including the mandatory penalty structure created by the 100-to-1 powder cocaine/crack cocaine ratio and other sentencing requirements that incarcerate nonviolent offenders for long periods. Legislators should also repeal or revise Truth-In-Sentencing and Three Strikes laws that have proven unjust and ineffective tools for combating the drug trade.
* The Federal government should increase the minimum wage and provide more funding for proven job training programs. It should also improve the public workforce system in order to better address racial disparities in the labor market; improvements include increasing funding for Workforce Investment Act programs and better aligning this funding with demand for services.
* The No Child Left Behind Act makes it virtually impossible for low-performing schools to improve. This law should be evaluated nationally to determine its fairness and equity in serving young men of color. Congress should take legislative action to ensure full funding of activities required under the Act.
* The policy of zero tolerance for behavioral offenses in schools substitutes for teacher and administrative judgment and should be eliminated. School authorities should narrow the application of zero tolerance to only serious threats, use arrests only in extreme circumstances, and base expulsion decisions on case-by-case considerations instead of mandatory policies. Also, school districts should collect and report demographic data on suspensions, arrests, and expulsions.
* All states should—as Illinois did in 2005—extend health care coverage to all uninsured children through the age of 18 who are not covered by state Medicaid or the State Children Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). States should also consider the plan recently unveiled by the state of Massachusetts, which mandates health coverage, providing a sliding scale of state assistance to cover nearly every uninsured state resident.
* State laws should require private insurers to provide coverage for mental health and substance-abuse disorders—requirements that are already established in Connecticut, Maryland, Minnesota, Vermont, and Oregon. Each state should also mount a comprehensive initiative for financing and delivering prevention, screening, and community-based treatment for youth who need these services, with an emphasis on boys and young men of color.
* Business should do more to take advantage of the win-win opportunities of training, hiring, and empowering a large but unengaged segment of the population. Among promising models is the Hillside Work-Scholarship Connection (HW-SC), which connects youth to part-time jobs while providing comprehensive supports through high school graduation. Founded by Wegmans Food Markets, HW-SC serves more than 1,200 at-risk youth each year around and in Rochester and Syracuse, New York.
* The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) should oppose current proposals to further loosen ownership restrictions that would allow media conglomerates to acquire even more broadcasting properties. The FCC and Congress also should repeal the Telecommunications Act of 1996, which paved the way for more consolidation in media ownership. Congress should fund subsidies to help finance new minority-owned Internet enterprises and other digital media to promote more diversity in communications.
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Houston, TX (BlackNews.com 11/20/06) - Middle school students erupted with excitement as three of the seven founders of dangerousNEGRO (www.dangerousNegro.com), Sebastine Ujereh Jr., Demetrius Walker, and Gary Mavindidze walked through the doors of the Charles A. Tindley Accelerated Charter School on a chilly November 3rd in Indianapolis, Indiana. Invited by faculty member Claire Wildhack-Nolan, the dangerousNEGRO execs, who are all recent college graduates, volunteered their time to deliver words of encouragement to the student body of 265 pupils. Visiting the school was the first stop on a tour of various schools, colleges, and lecture halls across the country.
“DangerousNEGRO prides itself on promoting the uplift of black youth,” Mavindidze revealed. Ujereh, who now lives in Houston, added, “Once I heard the story behind the Charles A. Tindley Charter School, I immediately knew this was where dangerousNEGRO should initiate its effort to reach out to our youth who are in need of positive role models.” Walker stressed the importance of ambition and determination to Tindley’s students. He admitted, “Unfortunately our young black men and women seldom hear a positive message from the voices of our generation; dangerousNEGRO plans to change that.” Following the event, Wildhack-Nolan expressed that this first dangerousNEGRO visit to her school was, “Inspiring and brought a total sense of pride and encouragement to the students.”
Building on the precedent set by their first visit, dangerousNEGRO plans to facilitate many more speaking engagements with students at all levels of education. Fellow dangerousNegro founder Tracy Holmes kicked off the college circuit tour at Stanford University on Wednesday, November 8th. Holmes sat on a panel to discuss the merits of entrepreneurship while enrolled in college. Next, the dangerousNEGRO staff will be in attendance at the University of Louisville, for a panel discussion hosted by the local chapter of the National Association of Black Journalists on November 27th. With an empowering clothing line already launched, the next phase of the dangerousNEGRO movement has begun to spread through oration.
dN Group LLC, the parent company of dangerousNEGRO apparel and of the website www.dangerousNegro.com, aims to increase the awareness of issues related to the Black community (and other underrepresented people) and increase the amount of Black themed apparel in the market that has a positive message. The company firmly believes that through their products they can increase the number of socially conscious individuals in communities across America, and, in turn, increase their impact on the community. dangerousNEGRO, it's more than a clothing line...it's a movement!
CeCe Winans Nashville, TN (BlackNews.com 4/4/06) - Entrepreneur/singer/author, CeCe Winans and her team are gearing up for the 2nd Annual Always Sisters Girls Conference, which is scheduled to be held at the Curb Center in Nashville, TN on August 4th and 5th. "Teenage girls today of all races and backgrounds are in trouble and they need our help. The goal of the conference is to educate, motivate and re-direct the life choices this generation is making", states Winans.
HIV/AIDS, teen pregnancy, eating disorders, problems resulting from absent fathers and teen suicide are just a few of the challenges our young girls are facing today. According to information published by the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation (a non-profit, private operating foundation focusing on major health care issues), African-America women account for 36 percent of diagnosed HIV/AIDS cases compared to 14 percent of white women. Although African American teens represent 15% of U.S. teenagers, in 2002 they accounted for 65% of new AIDS cases. According to The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, teen mothers are less likely to complete school and more likely to be a single parent; less than one-third of teens who begin their families before age 18 ever earn more than a high school diploma. Only 1.5% earn a college degree by the age of 30. Experts estimate that 1% of American teens have a eating disorder. Single mothers head 54% of America's households and 85% of children raised without fathers exhibit behavioral disorders. Suicide is the third-leading cause of death for 15 -24 year olds, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Girls think about and attempt suicide about twice as often as boys, and girls tend to attempt suicide by over dosing on drugs or cutting themselves. It is estimated that more than 1,000 suicides occur on college campuses every year.
"For years, I've had a strong burden for the girls who are struggling with these issues. Over 800 girls and women attended the first Always Sisters Girls Conference held in 2005. We received incredible feed-back from life changing seminars such as, Daughter's From A Father's Point of View, Sister's From A Brother's Point of View, and The Queen In You", says Winans. Other topics addressed were self-esteem, dating, AIDS and more.
Continuing the mission to reach our young girls, Winans will be joined by, actor and former star of UPN's "One On One", Flex Alexander ; author/conference host and daughter of Billy Graham, Ruth Graham; Atlantic Recording Artist, Yolanda Adams; producer/songwriter, Rodney Jerkins and his wife recording artist, Joy Enriquez; Word recording artist, Nicole C. Mullen; EMI Gospel recording artist, KiKi Sheard; The Katinas, author of Preaching With Aids, Carolyn Pineda, and Mother of the renowned Winans Family, Delores Winans, author and pastor Kimberly Daniels, Pastors Horace and Kitty Hockett and more. There will be a special session for mothers, a teen fashion show and Winans will climax the two day event with a concert.
It is Winans desire to reach as many young women in the next
few years as possible, so any contributions and sponsorships are
welcomed. All contributions are tax deductible! If you desire
to help in these efforts contact Tammy Bennett at (615) 371-1575
or tammy@bennettevents.com for contribution details. For conference
information and registration log on to www.alwayssisters.com
New York City, NY (3/2/06 BlackNews.com) - Talented Youth Development, Inc. (TYDI) invites all talented youth to join them in sunny Orlando, Florida for the 3rd Annual TYDI's Miss American Scholarship Program July 6 - 9, 2006. This event will be held at the Holiday Inn Universal Hotel where the nation's most talented young ladies ages 8 - 18 will compete in self-expression, poise/presentation, interview, and the performing arts for college scholarships, and trips across the nation, and many other prizes. A non performing arts category is also available.
"We invite organizations whose focus is to improve the lives of today's youth to sponsor and send a youth representative to this awesome competition," says Kimberly Thomas, Executive Director and founder of TYDI. "We would also like to invite the nation's colleges to donate scholarships of at least $1,000 or more to our winners and state representatives."
Three national titles to be awarded include TYDI's American Talented Pre-Teen, Talented Teen, and Teen Princess. Delegates and their families will enjoy a visit to a Walt Disney theme park, welcome luncheon, etiquette and self-esteem workshop, pizza party, and fun production rehearsals. Past participants include singers and actors with Broadway credits from Walt Disney's "The Lion King," and film, "Cookout."
TYDI is a non-profit, tax-exempt organization providing scholarship
opportunities to youth gifted in academics and the performing
arts. Since 2000, over $20,000 in scholarships and prizes have
been awarded to participants through its programs and affiliations.
To compete, sponsor, volunteer, or for more information, please
visit www.TYDI.org or call 313-492-0946.
Tucson, AZ (BlackNews.com) - (1/11/06). Just in time for Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Black History Month, Simon and Schuster has released the fourth in the BLAST TO THE PAST children's chapter book series, called KING'S COURAGE.
In this historical fiction book, four third graders are sent back in time by their social studies teacher to convince Martin Luther King Jr. to continue his 1965 marches for voter rights. Before they leave their elementary school, the kids are told that Martin Luther King Jr., is tired.
Tired of being arrested, tired of the physical and emotional abuses, and tired of the danger he has subjected his family to, Martin Luther King Jr. wants to give up his dream. Let someone else lead, he says on Turnaround Tuesday after the second attempt to march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama has failed.
The children's adventure begins as they try to convince this great leader to stay-the-course.
BLAST TO THE PAST: KING'S COURAGE is packed with interesting facts from this important time in Americas history. Wrapped in an exciting, fictional tale, children reading this book will learn details about Dr. King and the three Selma marches, and will experience the development of America through the prism of this important and inspiring time.
Tied to curriculum for second to fifth grade this book, and the entire BLAST TO THE PAST series, focus on teaching about American visionaries while emphasizing the values of effort and perseverance.
"History can be a very dry subject for children," said co-author Stacia Deutsch. Readers will not only gain an appreciation for a particular event, but will feel as though they are part of the action. "We worked very hard to present an accurate feel for an important period in history, while catching childrens imagination and interest," added co-author Rhody Cohon.
Deutsch, a Reform Rabbi, and Cohon, a Computer Engineer, each have three young children. Deutsch resides in Irvine, California while Cohon lives in Tucson, Arizona. They write in their free time via the internet and cell phones.
About The Series:
This is the fourth book in the BLAST TO THE PAST series. The series began last January with the story of the Emancipation Proclamation in LINCOLN'S LEGACY. Other books include DISNEY'S DREAM and BELL'S BREAKTHROUGH. Coming this year will be SACAGWEA'S STRENGTH and FRANKLIN'S FAME with three more books slated for 2007.
For more information, visit the www.blasttothepastbooks.com web site.
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Talented Youth Development, Inc. is searching for America's Top Talent For National Performing Arts Scholarship Competition in Atlanta, GA
New York, NY - (4/27/04) If you're a young lady ages 8-12, then this is the performing arts competition for you! Talented Youth Development, Inc. (T.Y.D.I.) is currently accepting applications for the first annual 2004 T.Y.D.I.'s National Talented Pre-Teen Scholarship Competition to be held June 24-27, 2004 in Atlanta, GA. Applicants must be female, have a performing talent, and be 8-13 years old to compete. Applications are available by calling (313) 438-0061 or via email at tydipreteen@aol.com. Space is available to the first 25 young ladies.
Young ladies from across the nation will gather in the beautiful city of Atlanta for this inaugural occasion. State competitions are currently happening from as far away as Michigan, Ohio, Texas, and New Jersey. Grand prize includes a trip to New York City to attend Hal Jackson's Talented Teens International Scholarship Competition and a $1000 Savings Bond to be used for educational purposes among other prizes. Participants will also participate in etiquette training and self esteem workshops.
Kimberly L. Thomas, founder of T.Y.D.I., has been directing scholarship competitions since 2000, is the Michigan Director for Hal Jackson's Talented Teens International (HJTTI), as well as a volunteer publicist for HJTTI/Youth Development Foundation. Thomas has been an avid supporter of HJTTI since 1989 after winning the Ohio Talented Teen title. Providing scholarship opportunities to girls gifted in the performing arts has been her goal ever since someone took the time to allow her to display her talents opening up doors in many arenas. She has since provided pageant consulting services to directors in Tennessee, Trinidad & Tobago, Ohio, and California. Thomas is currently a resident of New York City where she and her husband reside.
T.Y.D.I. is a non-profit, tax-exempt organization dedicated to the personal development of youth. Competitions affiliated with T.Y.D.I. are designed as an outlet for untapped talent as well as to provide training through workshops and seminars by responsible role models in staging, choreography, poise, grace, diction, presenting oneself correctly before an audience, networking, and cultural exchange. Past participants in programs have been awarded over $20,000 in educational scholarships and prizes since 2000 on both the state and international levels.
To become a sponsor, volunteer, or for additional information, please call (313) 438-0061.
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Washington, DC - (4/7/04) Many Black children develop a sense of "less-than-ness" after years of school lessons and reading textbooks that mention very little about African American contributions. In addition, most lessons about Black history are taught during February and feature the same 5 or 6 Black people every year. When combined with the negative stereotypes of Black people that they see daily on TV, thousands of Black children feel inferior and write themselves off before they begin.
According to leading clinical psychologists, African American children need to be taught the value of their heritage. Knowing the significant contributions made by Africans and African Americans throughout history can reverse the effects of negative media images and stereotypes that cause low self-esteem and poor self-image. We can't save the world, but we can do something!
The Adopt-A-School program was developed by 21st Century Educational Services, a non-profit organization, to help inspire and motivate thousands of disadvantaged Black children across the country. 21st Century Educational Services is adopting schools, one school at a time, so that every child in that school gets a set of the Just Like Me Series. Using the series in a classroom setting has proven to improve self-esteem, self-image and destroy stereotypes for at-risk African American youth.
The series has worked wonders in several schools by teaching children the many scientific contributions made by Black people dating back to 6000 BC. The series has been so successful in schools that CBS News interviewed the author and one of the teachers using the Just Like Me Series in her classes.
The goal for 2004 is to sponsor 150 schools with at-risk African American students in the following cities: Dallas, Houston, Chicago, Atlanta, Philadelphia, New York, Baltimore, Detroit, Charlotte, and Washington, DC. Our children need your help! You can sponsor ten students for only $150, all of which is tax deductible. Small businesses and corporations can sponsor 10 students, an entire school for just $7,500 or ten schools for $75,000, all of which is tax deductible. 85% of all donations go towards books and services for the students.
Please donate now at www.justgive.org or www.justlikemebooks.com/whatisnew.htm
For more information on 21st Century Educational Services, go to www.guidestar.org
Together we can make difference in 2004!
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Las Vegas, NV - (4/8/04). National "Strengthening America's Communities" Week- (October 18-14, 2004), National "Strengthening America's Youth" Conference- (July 25-28, 2004)- America's most precious resource is its youth. Communities throughout America are joining this practicum, a powerful, and innovative national paradigm shift to youth, parent and community development.
This is not just a program, it is a development system that reaches beyond the traditional methods to empowering America's youth to value academic excellence, resist substance use/abuse and other high-risk behaviors, and self-chose to develop the communities they want to live in as they journey into adulthood. Their parent development strategies drive our principals that parents are their children's most valuable teachers, and their first defense to any self-destructive behaviors.
Strengthening America's Communities is the driving force behind the multitiered systems being adopted throughout America. This powerful development system is building relationships between, Governors, Mayors, Elected Officials, community leaders, Faith Based, youth, parents and communities throughout America. The program crosses all cultural, ethnic, and socioeconomic boundaries to strengthening the engagement of our youth as role models and leaders of the next decade. "Restrict information and you suppress the next generation," says Mr. Sherman Rutledge Jr., the Executive Director and founder of Strengthening America's Communities.
Connecting America's Youth To Accelerated Prevention Solutions is the national training arm for America's youth, and can be found online at www.YouthWithVision.us. Youth who participate will experience a multitiered development system, anchored to the science of Learning How To Learn. Students will learn new techniques for school success, brain science, leadership/communication skills, Best Practices, risk and protective factors, Deep Mining, the Genius Within, HMI, technological advancements, career types, eight intelligences, multiple youth assets, financial aspects to community development, family values, real time prevention strategies to resist the destructive forces of substance use/abuse and other high-risk behaviors, HIV/AIDS-STD's, and much more. They are unlocking the brainpower of America's youth.
Students who attend the National Strengthening America's Communities Youth Conference, will return to their communities prepared to engage in their communities development. The conference will take place at the Excalibur Hotel, in Las Vegas, Nevada, July 25-28, 2004. Youth will develop an efficiency in the method which they view the world around them. They become teachers, and role models for their peers and lower grade age students, and will shine during National Strengthening America's Communities Week. "We are reassuring our youth grow up educated, health, and free of any substance use/abuse and other self-destructive behaviors. Through the support of Goshen Community Development Coalition, Inc. and other agencies we will achieve our mission."
Sherman Rutledge Jr. a retired firefighter sustained an electrocution of 93,000 volts, from the 193,000-volt high power lines, while on a fire suppression mission. He miraculous survived this near death experience at the age of 26, in 1978. Sherman shares that is the Divine powers of God that he lives today. After a long rehabilitation period and re-learning how to read and write once again, he devoted his life to creating innovative sustainable opportunities for others. When the medical field abandoned him, Mr. Rutledge developed his own re-learning regiment to help him return to society as a contributing member. He now strives each and every day with a tireless compassion to help others, and to personally be the best of what it is to be human.
Mr. Rutledge is known throughout America for his unique abilities, and his tenure as the General Manager who rebuilt Public Radio Station KCEP-FM 88.1 in Las Vegas from 1994-2001, making it a national player in the broadcast industry, building unheard of listenership loyalty ratings, constantly measured against commercial stations, and producing numerous real life documentaries, one most notable was The Life of Jack The Rapper Gibson, one of the first Black Disc Jockeys in America.
Individuals and agencies interested in becoming a sponsor, or community host to bring National Strengthening America's Communities Week and his national youth, and parent development system to their community, can contact Mr. Rutledge at (702) 648-0889, or visit their web site at www.YouthWithVision.us, or contact him email at sherman@brainpower.ws
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