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REPORT: Young People Are More Politically Engaged Than You Think!
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?
SHOCKING New Film "The Strange Thing About The Johnsons"
The Strange Thing About The Johnsons is a short film about a well-to-do, upper middle class Black family that’s harboring a jaw-dropping secret. Everyone who sees it walks away with VERY strong opinions on it. We think you will, too. Check out the trailer at BlackYouthProject.com, and prepare to be freaked the eff out!
VIDEO: Amy Winehouse "Our Day Will Come"
Check out the music video for Amy Winehouse’s new single “Our Day Will Come” at BlackYouthProject.com!
Who Inhabits The Internet Ghetto?
The ability to use information technology to engage in civic discourse and collaborative projects is why some people claim that the Internet is a democratizing tool. Because production and engagement costs are lowered, theoretically anyone, even individuals from low-income or disadvantaged communities should be able to have access to the same information as individuals from […]
Hip-Hop Artists Stand for Human Rights
Chino XL, Rhymefest, Immortal Technique, Jasiri X (Photo by Paradise Gray) Most of the discussion around rap music is almost always about it’s negative effects. Blog after blog of so called intellectuals rant about mainstream rap music’s bad influence on youth. I often wonder why they never mention the countless MCs all over the country […]
Bronx Students Release 10-Point List of Demands to Reform NY Public Education
Dubbing themselves The Resistance, a group of Bronx students have decided to “Occupy” public education, releasing a 10-POINT PLAN for reforming New York City’s public school system. Check out their full list of reforms at BlackYouthProject.com!
VIDEO: Lisa Ling Explores Why So Many Black Men Are In Prison
Lisa Ling’s “Incarceration Generation explore the disproportionate number of Black men incarcerated in America’s prisons; how so many of us end up there and why it is so difficult for many of us to turn our lives around. Check out a preview at BlackYouthProject.com!
VIDEO: Nicki Minaj's American Music Awards Performance
Nicki MInaj opened the AMA’s last night, and beat out Kanye and Lil Wayne for the Best Rap/Hip Hop artist award. Check out her performance of “Turn Me On” and “Super Bass” at BlackYouthProject.com!
Rihanna's TALK THAT TALK is the emptiest, shallowest & BEST Pop Album of the Year
Talk That Talk is the probably the best pop album of the year. So If you’re hungry for something of great social and political import, go curl up with some Marx. The rest of us’ll be listening to Talk That Talk. And having FUN.
Nikky Finney, the 61st National Book of Poetry Award Winner "Honoree," Taught me how to "Honor" when she "Honored" Toni
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ty6z9QMFKNw I want to join the chorus of the many in honoring Nikky Finney for being awarded the National Book Award for Poetry. Her written words and the recounting of her words in her own voice are amazing. And, I use the term amazing not in the typical ways in which we use it to […]
VIDEO: Beyonce "I Was Here"
Check out the music video for Beyonce’s inspirational new single “I Was Here” at BlackYouthProject.com!
CDC Report: Blacks Hit w/ STDs at Higher Rate Than Whites
According to a new report from the CDC, Black people (partcularly young Black people) and Hispanics contract sexually transmitted diseases at a much higher rate than whites. What can we do about this epidemic in our community? Read more at BlackYouthProject.com!