Archive for November, 2009
Man Up: Recruiting & Retaining African American Male Mentors

Man Up: Recruiting & Retaining African American Male Mentors

Posted 20 November 2009 | By admin | Categories: Uncategorized | No Comments

This study, put together by the Urban Leadership Institute, focuses on the benefits and difficulties surrounding the recruiting and retained of African American male mentors. African American men have not been able to support their youth as much as the community needs them to do. The report states that, “While we struggle to reform fragmented [...]

National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center

National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center

Posted 20 November 2009 | By admin | Categories: Uncategorized | No Comments

The Resource Center has done a great job in compiling a list of studies and articles that focus on after school programs. In this article, you’ll find numerous studies and resources that will help answer any questions, concerns, or curiosities you might have about after school programs. The Center stresses the importance of after school [...]

Evaluation of Afterschool Programs

Evaluation of Afterschool Programs

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The Afterschool Alliance is a program whose goal is to ensure that the opportunities are there for all children to participate in both effective and affordable after school programs. It has compiled a collection of research papers that have been done throughout the decade on many issues surrounding the efficacy of after school programs. In [...]

“Being a Black Man.”  An interactive look from the Washington Post

“Being a Black Man.” An interactive look from the Washington Post

Posted 20 November 2009 | By admin | Categories: Uncategorized | No Comments

This interactive site is a collection of videos, discussions, and articles that focus on what it means to be an African American male in the United States today. The series explains that, “over the past 50 years, black men have been perhaps the most studiest and dissected population subgroup in America. Now numbering 18 million, [...]