You can’t build peace with a piece!

   Youth of Color Across U.S. – How to Prevent Violence and Build Safe Schools The Youth Council for Positive Development has endorsed the Youth of Color Response to Sandy Hook.  We can imagine the pain and suffering that the youth and families in Newtown, Connecticut are experiencing. As youth growing up on some of […]

Sharifa Taylor is 2012 Jamala Rogers Young Visionary Awardee

Sharifa Taylor is the 2012 of the  Jamala Rogers Young Visionary Award. She received a $2000 scholarship towards her pre-med studies at Xavier University. Sharifa is a 2012 honors graduate from Metro Academic and Classical High School. She started PACE, Peers Advocating for Culture and Education, as a support group for African-American students in need of […]

Down the Knowledge Hole

Habari gani, ndugus y ndadas! Greetings from life outside of your parents grasp. I want to take this time tell of my experience as a college freshman and what I have learned of life outside of the watchful eye of the Community. Getting away from home and starting my own life had been a goal […]