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Greetings,
You are cordially invited to the Beyond the Bricks Town Hall Event.
Supported by the Institute for Urban Research @ Morgan State University, Center for Urban Families, and Kinetics' T.R.U.C.E. Movement taking place at Morgan State University!
Produced by Washington Koen Media, Beyond the Bricks is a documentary film project and national community engagement campaign created with the goal of promoting solutions for one of America's critical problems in education: the consistently low performance of black males in school. The film includes commentary from some of the country's foremost leaders, experts and scholars focused on black boys and their education including Newark Mayor Cory Booker, the Reverend Al Sharpton, and Schott Foundation President Dr. John Jackson, among others.
At the Town Hall meeting we will discuss and plan what we all can do to create healthy communities for our youth. Community leaders, educators, parents, and students from the Baltimore community are strongly encouraged to attend, there will be a screening of Beyond the Bricks (30 minute run time), a community-panel discussion and planning workshops. The panel discussion is an opportunity for the community to engage in purposeful dialogue concerning the current issues and solutions surrounding black male education. After the community panel discussion there will be planning workshops.
The planning workshops are divided into three groups:
Students Peer-to-Peer
Parents and Educators
Community/ Policy Leaders
Limited seating is available for the workshops so you MUST RSVP to the group you will participate in. Registration starts at 10am and the event begins at 11am.
Upon arrival you must check-in, in order to participate in a planning workshop. There will be a waiting list if for any reason registration is full for your desired planning workshop.
If you would like to attend the Town Hall Meeting and not participate in a workshop please RSVP through the general registration group.
Thank you so much for your participation and helping us bring Beyond the Bricks to your community! We look forward to seeing you there!
Click link For Panelists and Facilitators
In love & service,
Jamye Wooten
Kinetics
info@kineticnet.org
www.Kineticnet.org
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Beyond the Bricks: A Free Public Forum on Educating Black Boys in Baltimore endorsed by Actor Michael Williams and State Delegate Jill Carter
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Actor Michael Williams of television's The Wire and Boardwalk Empire and Maryland State Delegate Jill Carter are among the supporters and participants for the Beyond the Bricks Project Launch set for next Saturday, October 9, 2010 at Morgan State University.
The Ford Foundation and Open Society Institute will sponsor a public forum on the challenges faced by African American boys in Baltimore will be held on Saturday, October 9, 2010 at Morgan State University. "The "Womb to Prison Pipeline" will be the theme of the Town Hall Meeting which is free and open to the public, and will launch and organized effort in Baltimore to remove societal hurdles that lead to the early incarceration of Black boys.
"There have been countless studies involving the "problems" faced by African American boys as they matriculate through the education system in Baltimore. This Beyond the Bricks Town Hall Meeting will begin with a powerful film that focuses on solutions rather than just restating what those problems are." says, Dr. Ray Winbush, Director of the Institute for Urban Research at Morgan State University and host of the event along with the Washington Koen Media Group of New York.
Maryland State Delegate Jill Carter (D-District 41), Baltimore County School Superintendent, Dr. Joe Hairston and a representative from Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake's office, parents, students and community activists will be in attendance at the forum that begins at 11am at the University Student Center Grand Ballroom. Registration for the event is requiredand can be done online at: http://baltimorebtbtownhall.eventbrite.com/
"The money spent in incarcerating Black boys is wasted at the back end of a long process that marginalizes Black boys at very young ages. The Beyond the Bricks Project believes in investing on the front end of our children's lives so that expensive correctional facilities become unnecessary in warehousing Black youth", says Winbush.
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Contact:
Dr. Ray Winbush
Director, Institute for Urban Research
Morgan State University
PHONE: 443.885.4800
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T.R.U.C.E. presents...
Fatherhood Training
featuring David Miller & LaMarr Darnell Shields
Founders, Urban Leadership Institute
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Baltimore City Correctional Center
October 13, 2010
6:30 p.m.-9:00 p.m.
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T.R.U.C.E. presents...
Spiritual Development
featuring Rev. Dr. Frank M. Reid, III
Pastor, Bethel A.M.E. Church
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Baltimore City Correctional Center
Wednesday, October 26, 2010
6:30pm-9:00pm |
Odell Richardson author of The Long Way "Home": The Testimony
 The Long Way "Home": The Testimony, is a first of its kind from the inner-city streets of Baltimore, Maryland. This narrative, non-fiction story is NOT a glorification of the despair that plagues many urban districts throughout our country, but it is an informative, intense, detailed, urban centerpiece, that goes against conventional wisdom of what society may believe about the inner-city and many of its occupants. This story bridges a gap many believed could not be. It's a unique approach to the harsh realities of the streets, and to life as a whole. It's a story about change, decisions, and consequences. This is one man's story. It's an urban story about God. This is certainly not a street tale, lacking depth; one without significant meaning or positive goals. This story is about family, trials, perseverance, love, God, life, and its purpose. This read will erase any doubt, and convince all, that anything is possible for anyone. The author assures us all that this is a story told with two main goals in mind; to Glorify God, and to strive for a good future while loving every human being along the way.
Baltimore City Correctional Center
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
6:30 p.m.-9:00 p.m.
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Councilwoman Rikki Spector on O'Malley's $104 Million Dollar Youth Jail: "It's Terrible!"
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Jim Crow alive and well in U.S. prison system
The over-incarceration of young black men is no accident, new book reveals
April 08, 2010|By Dan Rodricks
Baltimore Sun
Here's something you won't hear much about in the coming Maryland gubernatorial election: The United States has the world's highest incarceration rate and a de facto racial caste system that discriminates against hundreds of thousands of black men in the way Jim Crow laws once did. You won't hear anything close to that from Martin O'Malley, the Democrat and present governor, nor from Robert L. Ehrlich Jr., the Republican and wannabe-governor-again who, compared to Mr. O'Malley, is a downright progressive on corrections.
You likely won't hear about it from any of the Marylanders running for the U.S. House or Senate this year. And the first black man elected president will probably refrain from such rhetoric, too.
In fact, few politicians want to talk about criminal justice unless pressed to do so. They certainly do not speak about the consequences of the system's design: massive numbers of men, and an inordinate number of black men, in prison, on parole or on probation for drug-related offenses, unable to find employment because of their criminal records, and generally unable to get on track, support their families and reintegrate as contributing citizens.
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The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
As the United States celebrates the nation's "triumph over race" with the election of Barack Obama, the majority of young black men in major American cities are locked behind bars or have been labeled felons for life. Although Jim Crow laws have been wiped off the books, an astounding percentage of the African American community remains trapped in a subordinate status-much like their grandparents before them.
In this incisive critique, former litigator-turned-legal-scholar Michelle Alexander provocatively argues that we have not ended racial caste in America: we have simply redesigned it. Alexander shows that, by targeting black men and decimating communities of color, the U.S. criminal justice system functions as a contemporary system of racial control, even as it formally adheres to the principle of color blindness. The New Jim Crow challenges the civil rights community-and all of us-to place mass incarceration at the forefront of a new movement for racial justice in America.
A longtime civil rights advocate and litigator, Michelle Alexander was a 2005 Soros Justice Fellow. She holds a joint appointment at the Moritz College of Law and the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in Columbus, Ohio, where she lives. The New Jim Crow is her first book.
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Examining the Impact of Race and Ethnicity on the Sentencing of Juveniles in the Adult Court
Kareem L. Jordan and Tina L. Freiburger
Abstract
Several studies have examined the effects of race and ethnicity on the sentences of adult offenders in the criminal court. The findings of these studies often show that race and ethnicity influence defendants' sentencing outcomes. Few studies, however,
have examined how race and ethnicity influence juvenile defendants sentenced in the adult criminal justice system. The purpose of this study, therefore, is to determine how race and ethnicity affect the sentences of juveniles, utilizing a national dataset of youth convicted of a felony in adult court. The findings suggest that race and ethnicity do impact the sentencing outcomes of convicted youthful offenders. In addition, the results suggest that the combination of race and other factors (i.e., interactions) has an effect on sentencing. Implications for subsequent research also are discussed.
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About Us
... You will raise up the age-old foundations; And you will be called the repairer of the breach, The restorer of the streets in which to dwell. (Isaiah. 58:12)
Kinetics mission is to disseminate information and develop new ideas that work to strengthen social movements within the African-American community; providing them with the tools and skills to pursue justice and better address the needs of those whom they serve.
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FaithinActionOnline.com
Pleasant Hope Baptist Church
Set the Captives Free Outreach Center
T.R.U.C.E. MOVEMENT
Union Baptist Church of Baltimore
West Baltimore Clergy United
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A Prayer for a Brighter Future for Baltimore's Children
Dear God of love, grace and mercy. We thank you for all of Baltimore's children. We thank you for those who have love and supervision and those in need of more love and supervision.
We thank you for the promise and potential that all of their lives possess.
Forgive us God for not being more attentive to their needs; their needs for a quality education, supportive family environment and a healthy community. Forgive us for being reactionary and not proactive, for spending more money on their private jail-care than their public welfare. Forgive us for meeting their youthful mistakes with adult penalties absent our love and understanding.
Forgive us for placing a higher priority on balancing budgets than balancing young lives.
Now enable and empower us God to find a creative solution to the problems that challenge, plague and victimize our children. Empower us to be better advocates for our youth. Enable us to tell more people about the urgent need to reform our juvenile justice system improve our educational system and revitalize our communities.
Help us this day to be better models and purveyors of your hope. Help us this day to express love, extend grace and show mercy for both our and their sakes. Please hear our prayer, dear God.
Join us for Youth Justice Sunday
For more information email info@kineticnet.org
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The T.R.U.C.E Movement
Phase 1
- Speaker Series
- Strategic Planning
- Grant Writing
- Build a coalition of grassroots, community/ faith-based organizations who are working in the areas of gangs and re-entry.
Phase 2: T.R.U.C.E. Institute @ BCCC
- History of Gangs: From Protector to Predator
- War on Drugs: The Real American Gangster
- Street Law: Trips, Traps, and the Trappers
- Testimonials: Ex-offenders and families give their testimonies
- Life Skills Training
- Conflict Resolution
- Spiritual Development
- Male/Female Relationships
- Fatherhood /Manhood Training
- Job Preparedness
- Skill Development
- Career Day
- Advocacy/Legislative Process
Phase 3: The T.R.U.C.E. Movement- Community Forums/Breakfast Program/Mentorship/Rites of Passage/TRUCE INSTITUTE continues.
For More Information Contact us @ Allen "Big C" Baker T.R.U.C.E Movement or Jamye Wooten Kinetics 443.415.7974
TRUE REVOLUTION UNITING COLORS EVERYWHERE T he T.R.U.C.E. MOVEMENT is a program designed by Kinetics and Allen "Big C" Baker to unite gang members for the empowerment of their community.
Kinetics mission is to develop new ideas that work to strengthen social movements within the African-American community; providing them with the tools and skills to pursue justice and better address the needs of those whom they serve.
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