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A new report released today by the Brookings Institute’s Metropolitan Policy Program argues that exclusionary housing policies are a primary factor in the perpetuation of educational inequality in America. We MUST ensure that EVERY child receives the quality education they deserve!

This past week I got a chance to attend “A Ball.” These are events are are tagged as being apolitical by individuals in and outside of the LGBTQ community. I choose to look past the stereotypes of the Ballroom Scene and find potential for political action in this gay subculture. The creation of a Ballroom […]

Black Youth in the News: March 5-11 — “Impoverished black youth publishes novel ‘Nameless’,” and other fascinating stories at BlackYouthProject.com!

LincolnPosts Lowest Grad Rate for African-American Students of AnyPPSHigh School Hannah Hoffman, WillametteWeek News, 1/31/12   Salem State holding annual MLK Convocation Justin A. Rice, Boston Globe, 1/31/12   Sacramento Area Youth Speaks (And The World Listens) Andrew Bell, Sacramento Press, 1/31/12   Illinois’ Injustice System Joel Handley, In These Times, 2/1/12   Black Student […]

                  While it should be commonplace to study, promote, and protect Black History each and every day of the year, I still find it rewarding to dig into our history during the month of February to highlight those of our predecessors, especially the lesser know ones, to […]

A new study by CIRCLE (The Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning and Engagement) dispels misconceptions about young voters, finding that roughly 75% of young people are civically engaged in some capacity. How can we be most-effective in mobilizing young people?

Colin Neary and Jasiri X (Photo by Paradise Gray) After all of the media attention around my decision to perform my song “Occupy (We the 99)” at the University of Connecticut despite the objections of the student government; they still haven’t gotten the point! At first, they were saying all the right things. According to […]

We hear it everyday, “Somebody should do something about…” or “this generation needs a good leader”. I have found that in my generation there is hope for such remarks. Many of my peers are not only in agreement but actively pursuing leadership in different ways from leading marches for a trauma center on the south side […]

There’s a moment when you’re sitting next to someone, you have something else to do, you completely distracted and indifferent to their conversation, and a sentence comes out like: “I think I have a pretty good chance of getting it.. I mean when I went to the meeting it was all just a bunch of […]

R.I.P. Steve Jobs (1955-2011)   Steve Jobs – visionary, entrepreneur and co-founder of Apple, Inc – died yesterday at the age of 56. Pancreatic cancer has being reported as the cause of death. Jobs is responsible for world-changing items and programs like Mac computers, iPods, iPads, iTunes and iPhones. Our lives would be very different […]

Sept 19- 25th   University of Tennessee Martin’s First Black Student Remembers Challenges Staff Writer, The associated Press, 9/19/11   Berkeley, California Schools Number One In Black Student Success Staff Writer, News One, 9/20/11   Achievement gap progressively narrows Sara Toth, Baltimore Sun, 9/20/11   Retention of black students at K-State remains problem Cooper Mach, […]

AN EQUATION FOR DISASTER: Black Youth + Poverty – Jobs = Screwed By Deven D. Anderson, Black Youth Vote! Deven D. Anderson is surrounded by civil rights leaders Wade Henderson (right) and Jesse Jackson as he represents black youth during a recent press conference in DC Washington, DC – It is a critical time in […]