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Black Star Warrior, Scholar, Healer Mentor Program

The Black Star Project is recruiting 50 young males 13- to 18-years old for the Black Star Warrior, Scholar, Healer Mentor Program.

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Journey To Womanhood

More than 150 Women Have Signed Up to Mentor Girls in Chicago Away from Sex, Diseases, Pregnancy and Hopelessness

The Black Angel Network, Afrika Enterprises, 100 Concerned Women in Action, the Black Star Community PTA and The Black Star Project lead the way.

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Destination College

“Urban college-bound minority high school students in Chicago have high educational ambitions, but many lack the college-planning information they need to make informed choices on how to realize these ambitions,” says a recent study by ACT, Inc. with cooperation from the Council of Great City Schools.  “These students are ambitious and highly motivated” said Richard Noeth, ACT’s director of policy research and co-author of the study, “but many didn’t receive the help they needed, when they needed it, to adequately prepare for college.”

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National News and Campaigns

Million Father March 2010

Million Father March 2010

From Atlanta, Georgia:

“...and surprisingly, more fathers than I've ever seen, meeting and greeting teachers... bending over and reminding children to "pay attention, do your work," and of course the customary "don't act a fool on the first day of school!"  “The Million Father March is a major first step in the right direction for many fathers.

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Important Book: The New Jim Crow:

Important Book: The New Jim Crow:

How the War on Drugs Gave Birth to a Permanent American Undercaste

by Michelle Alexander

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Take a Black Male to Worship

Take a Black Male to Worship
The Black Star Project's Million Father Movement is partnering with the most dynamic force in the Black community--the Black church.  Black churches, mosques, temples and synagogues across the country are working together on "Take a Black Male to Worship Day," Sunday, August 22, 2010.

Contact The Black Star Project:

ph: 773.285.9600
f: 773.285.9602
e: blackstar1000@ameritech.net

3509 South Martin Luther King Drive
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Chicago, IL 60653

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