Let's take the giant leap for young African-American males.
PUSH for national implementation for 13-year old African-American males for 'Rites of Passage' programs, and for females stick with the debuntante balls.
Monday, January 2, 2012
Rites of Passage: 8-Solutions for Black Churches
- Create a Rites of Passage Program for community youth.
- Start an entrepreneurial program to teach youth business principles.
- Plan and implement summer programs for youth that focus on math, science and technology.
- Develop a community based Parent Leadership Academy.
- Organize church membership to adopt a community school.
- Start a book club that reads critical life sustaining books.
- Develop a voter education campaign that will address all aspects of grassroots politics.
- Mobilize men in the church to start a ‘Fatherhood Network” to address issues related to fatherhood and child rearing.
Community development must extend outside of the pulpit!