The mission of Baltimore BORN is to provide boys the support and services necessary to succeed, flourish and become the men they want and deserve to be. The founder of the program is Baltimore Raven Domonique Foxworth. Domonique knows that if not for the high expectations of him coupled with opportunities, resources and networks [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
