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 SATURDAY, FEB. 27TH, 12PM-2:30PM - EDUCATION PANEL: "Kasserian Ingera" and How are the Children? Education at the Crossroads - Central High School, 246 18th Ave., Newark, NJ.  Moderator: Andre Hollis, Principal, New Horizons Community Charter School, Newark, NJ

YOUTH GROUP LEADER WORKSHOP: Saturday, March 27, 2010

3pm to 6pm

ROSELLE COMMUNITY CENTER

1268 SHAFFER AVENUE

ROSELLE, NJ

TO REGISTER: CALL 908-298-8225

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YOUTH ACTION PLAN
2010

SPEAKERS GROUP

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

  • Deliver relevant topics to youth, youth groups, schools, organizations.
  • Adopt schools, youth groups, organizations.
  • Sponsor/host Youth Leader Workshop - 3/27/10
  • Mentor Youth and Youth Leaders.

VIDEOS
  • Black Candle, M.K. Asante, Jr.
  • A War for Your Soul, Erisai Films
  • Sankofa, A Haile Gerima Film
  • Post Traumatic Slave Syndrom, Dr. Joy DeGruy
  • A Girl Like Me, Kiri Davis
  • Stand the Movie, Tavis Smiley
  • Ray, Universal Studios
  • Egalite for All: Toussaint Louveture and the Haitian Revolution, PBS Home Video


BOOKS:
  • Kwanzaa: A Celebration of Family, Community & Culture by Dr. Maulana Karenga, the creator of Kwanzaa
  • From Purpose to Promise Driven Life: A Prescripton for Making the Difference You Were Born to Make by Dr. Therman E. Evans

AFRICAN AND HISPANIC FOCUS

 
 
PROGRAMS UNDER DEVELOPMENT


PANELS:

  • "Kasserian Ingera" means and How are the Children? EDUCATION AT THE CROSS ROADS  - 2/27/10
  • The Nation of Islam, Past and Present, their Contribution & Responsibility to history and our struggles today - 4/17/10
  • The Black Church, Past and Present, Contribution & Responsibility to history and our struggles today - to be scheduled

  • Play, skit, video: featuring youth and addressing relevant topics such as image, education, language, job readiness, leadership, personal branding, health, education, dealing with police, crime.
  • Rites of Passage
  • Youth Night
  • CAN on the road, around the globe
  • CAN's CEO Program: Courage, Excellence and Overcoming.
  • African History Olympics 2011

EVENTS AND CELEBRATIONS:

  • Cesar E. Chavez
  • 1st Hispanic Supreme Court Justice, Sonia Sotomayor
  • Cinco de Mayo

 

RESTORING ORIGINAL GREATNESS
  • Kwanzaa
  • African Presence in Mexico
  • Spanish as a Second Language
  • African History
  • Haiti: Successful Slave Liberation

 

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CREATE YOUR OWN PERSONAL "ALL THE CHILDREN ARE WELL" PLAN - SEE THE LINK BELOW FOR DETAILS
 

GET YOUR PERSONAL PLAN TEMPLATE HERE (OR CLICK ON THE PICTURE OF THE CHILDREN ABOVE)

 

 

On Tuesday, January 5th, we conducted a thorough review of the analysis provided by the Children's Defense Fund. Our focus was on their Cradle to Prison Pipeline. This included a discussion on our preliminary plan of action for this year focused on our Youth. Our Youth Plan will be posted here shortly.

 

 

 

Click the link below to see the Children's Defense Fund website/analysis: 

 

 

CHILDRENS DEFENSE FUND

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