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Cities United and Leadership to Promote Black Male Achievement Leon T. Andrews, Jr Senior Fellow October 9, 2012
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Cities United and Leadership to Promote Black Male Achievement
Leon T. Andrews, JrSenior Fellow
October 9, 2012
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YEF Institute:YEF Institute:Five Core Program Areas
1) Early Childhood Development Early Learning (0-8 years)
2) Education and Afterschool K-12 School Improvement Afterschool Programs High School Reform Post Secondary Success
3) Family Economic Success Asset Building Benefits for Working Families Transitional Jobs
4) Safety of Children and Youth
Gang Prevention
5) Youth Development
Disconnected Youth
Obesity in Children and Youth
Youth Leadership
Youth Violence
Young Men of Color
Youth Master Planning
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NLC’s New Release:BMA Municipal Action Guide
BMA Guide:1.The Challenge2.Strategies3.Action Steps4.Resources
Action Steps:•Strengthening families•Improving educational achievement•Expanding access to family-supporting jobs•Reducing violence and violent-related deaths
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Education Health & Food Social Services Child & FamilyServices
Mental Health & Probation
Mom Dad 9 year old 5 year old Mom’s sister
Boyfriend in trouble
Baby 1 1/2
• Medi-Cal – EPSDT• Healthy Families Parent Expansion
• Child Health & Disability Program• Expanded Access Primary Care
• Trauma Case Funding• Co-payments for ER Services
• Child Lead Poisoning Prevention Program
• HIV/AIDS Prevention & Education• Breast Cancer Screening
• Food Stamps• WIC
• TANF• GAIN, CAL Learn,
Cal WORKS, etc.
• School-Based MH Services for Medi-
Cal Kids• Probation Officers
in Schools• Cardenas-Schiff
Legislation• Health Care
Through Probation• Mental Health
Evaluations• Juvenile Halls
• Child Care – CCDBG, SSBG, Cal WORKS Child Care, etc.
• After-School Programs – 21st Century Learning Centers, etc.
• Promoting Safe & Stable Families• Child Abuse & Neglect Programs
• Foster Care – Transition, Independent Living, Housing, etc.• Adoption Assistance, Adoption
Opportunities
• Public Schools• ESEA, Title I
• School Lunch & Breakfast• Head Start
• IDEA• After-School Programs
• Textbook Funding• Tests & Achievement
• Teacher Issues• GED
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BMA Strategy:Cross-System Collaboration
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BMA Strategy:City Leaders’ roles – 5 Cs and a P
• Conceptualizing – vision• Convening• Commissioning – research, intermediaries• Co-financing• Cross-walking – with counties, school
districts, foundations, businesses• Promoting
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BMA Action Step:Strengthening Families
Create opportunities for positive involvement of fathers in their sons’ livesEnhance fathers’ capacity to financially support their childrenConnect families with effective parent education and support programsBoost family incomes and assets
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BMA Action Step:Improving Educational Achievement
Promote reading proficiency by the end of third gradeRecruit mentors to help black boys stay on track in schoolPush for in-school alternatives to suspension and expulsionWork to reduce chronic absence and truancyDevelop alternative pathways to high school completion
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BMA Action Step:Expanding Access to Family-Supported Jobs
Expand opportunities for early work experience and career exploration Invest in YouthBuild programs and local youth corpsExplore ways to create transitional jobs for young black menEnsure equal access and effective targeting in workforce development programsPromote linkages to foster care and juvenile justice systemsReduce employment barriers for those with a criminal record
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BMA Action Step:Reducing Violence and Violent-Related Deaths
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The Interrupters
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False Universalism:False Universalism:Reducing Violent Deaths Among Black Reducing Violent Deaths Among Black MalesMales
• Armed with this knowledge, many communities still take a universal approach to violence prevention strategy, programming, and evaluation.
• “Universal approaches that are not sensitive to the needs of the particular have uneven impact” (Powell, 2011).– False universalism assumes that targeted policies that address
the needs of certain populations become a divisive wedge. – False universalism also assumes that everyone benefits from
universal approaches. But universal approaches that are not sensitive to the needs of the particular are never truly universal; they tend to have an uneven impact, and can even exacerbate racial inequality at times.
– We need to be universal in our goals but not in our process.
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Five Tasks
• Create Urgency – Developing a call to action for the need to address this issue with immediacy
• Dispel Myths - Providing information to change the perception of black males who are victims of violent-related deaths
• Unpack the Reality - Increasing understanding around the reasons for violent deaths, and how that disproportionately happens for black males
• Name the Challenge - Identifying obstacles and opportunities to serving black males in violence prevention efforts
• Understand and Implement What Works - Increasing knowledge about effective approaches currently being used
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Cities United:Cities United:Vision (Targeted Universalism)Vision (Targeted Universalism)
Mayors and municipalities across the country will form partnerships with other local government officials, community leaders, families, youth, funders, and other stakeholders within their respective cities dedicated to reducing violence and violence related deaths among African American men and boys
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FORGING A COMMON
VISION
ENGAGING ALL STAKEHOLDERS
SHARING ACCOUNTABILITY
DEVELOPING STRATEGIES
COORDINATING INFRASTRUCTURE
Creating a BMA Local Action Plan:Creating a BMA Local Action Plan:Five Key Components
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Cities United:Cities United:Key PartnersKey Partners
Principals•City of Philadelphia•City of New Orleans•Open Society Foundations’ Campaign for Black Male Achievement•Casey Family Programs•National League of Cities
Core Planning Team•Association of Black Foundation Executives•Grantmakers for Children Youth and Families•Knight Foundation•U.S. Conference of Mayors•Three appointed youth leaders
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Simple Equation
Safe Communities = Healthy Youth
Healthy Youth = Better Students
Better Students = Healthy Communities
Healthy Communities = Healthy Future
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National League of CitiesNational League of Cities Institute for Youth, Education, and Families
• City Leadership for Black Male Achievement:– Request additional print copies by emailing [email protected]
• Young Men of Color network: – To join, email [email protected]
• Contact: – Leon T. Andrews, Jr., (202) 626-3039 or [email protected]
• New Position:– Senior Associate, Youth Violence Prevention, apply at
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