Category: Non-Profit

• The Evolved Man of the Week: Van Jones

  

  Welcome to the Evolving Man Project’s ‘Evolved Man of the Week’ profile. Each week, we highlight an individual who embodies what it means to be an evolved man, famous and non-famous men alike. The world needs to know their stories and deeds. This week’s honor goes to political activist, social commenter, Washington insider, social entrepreneur,…

  November 15, 2016

  Climate, Education, Environment, equality, Equity, Hate Crime, Manhood, Newspaper, Non-Profit, Politics, race, Science, Social Justice, Television

• A Veteran Finds Solace in the Outdoors

  

  What Veterans Day Means to Me Every year on November 11th, the United States celebrates a day that honors men and women who are currently or used to wear the uniform of the United States Armed Forces. We as a country, despite our differences in religion, race, sexuality, creed, or political leanings, should do our…

  November 5, 2016

  Activism, Climate, Culture, Drugs, Education, Environment, Equity, Gender, Health, International, Manhood, mental health, Nature, Non-Profit, race, Social Media, Sports, Travel, Veteran, War, Weather, Writer, Youth

• The Evolved Man of the Week: Bryan A. Stevenson

  

    Welcome to the Evolving Man Project’s ‘Evolved Man of the Week’ profile. Each week, we will highlight an individual that embodies what it means to be an evolved man, famous and non-famous alike. The world needs to know their stories and deeds. This week, we honor Harvard lawyer, human rights activist, professor, author, and…

  October 11, 2016

  Activism, Culture, Drugs, Education, Environment, equality, Equity, Gender, Hate Crime, Human Rights, LGBTQ, Manhood, Media, mental health, Newspaper, Non-Profit, Police, Politics, Poverty, Prison, race, Social Justice, Television, violence

• The Evolved Man of the Week: Hakeem Oluseyi

  

  Welcome to the Evolving Man Project’s ‘Evolved Man of the Week’ profiles. Each week, we will highlight an individual that embodies what it means to be an evolved man, famous and non-famous alike. The world needs to know their stories and deeds. This week, we honor physicist, veteran, professor, inventor, star of the Science Channel’s…

  October 3, 2016

  business, Culture, Education, Environment, equality, Equity, Gender, History, International, Manhood, Marriage, Media, Nature, Non-Profit, Poverty, race, Science, Service, Social Justice, Social Media, Technology, Veteran, Writer, Youth

• The Evolved Man of the Week: Everette Taylor

  

    Welcome to the second edition of the Evolving Man Project’s ‘Evolved Man of the Week’ profile. Each week, we will highlight an individual that embodies what it means to be an evolved man, famous and non-famous men alike. The world needs to know their stories and deeds. This week, we honor marketing guru, entrepreneur, and…

  September 26, 2016

  Education, equality, Equity, Feminism, Hate Crime, Manhood, mental health, Non-Profit, race, Social Justice, Technology

• The New Mis-Education of the Negro

  

  A Brief History Lesson In November 2008, America elected the first person of color to the highest office in the land. Many media and political pundits were claiming that America had reached the point of becoming a post-racial society. Since white folks voted in such large numbers for a black man, the country had supposedly…

  August 27, 2016

  Activism, Education, Environment, equality, Equity, Feminism, Gender, Hate Crime, History, mental health, Newspaper, Non-Profit, Politics, Prison, race, Sexism, Social Justice, Social Media, Technology, Youth

• The Week In Stories Around The Globe

  

  THE LEGACY OF LYNCHING, ON DEATH ROW “In 1989, a twenty-nine-year-old African-American civil-rights lawyer named Bryan Stevenson moved to Montgomery, Alabama, and founded an organization that became the Equal Justice Initiative. It guarantees legal representation to every inmate on the state’s death row.” ‪#‎DeathRow‬‪#‎NewJimCrow‬‪#‎Injustice‬‪#‎Race‬ Scientists have a scary theory about why human vision evolved to…

  August 17, 2016

  Education, equality, Equity, Feminism, Gender, International, Manhood, Marriage, mental health, Non-Profit, Politics, Prison, race, Science, Sex Crime, Sexism, Social Justice

• Half of the Sky

  

  Cloudy Skies Ahead During my young and single days, like most 20 somethings, I was looking for love in all the wrong places. But I had fun while looking. I was at a bar one night in Chicago’s Hyde Park neighborhood. I met a young nurse we’ll call “Rose.” She was sitting alone at the…

  August 13, 2016

  Activism, Culture, Dating, Drugs, Economics, Education, equality, Equity, Feminism, Gender, Health, History, Human Rights, International, LGBTQ, Love, Manhood, Marriage, Media, mental health, Newspaper, Non-Profit, Police, Politics, Poverty, race, Religion, Science, Service, Sex Crime, Sexism, Social Justice, Television, Veteran, violence, Writer, Youth

• America, You’re Getting Too Old for This Shit 

  

  Happy Birthday, America. Now Get Your Act Together On Monday, July 4th, 2016, America celebrated its 240th birthday. Fireworks, booze, barbecue, and time spent with loved ones were the day’s themes. Little did we know, this day was the calm before the storm. America’s racial tension and reaction against police brutality were brewing, about to spill…

  July 16, 2016

  Activism, Culture, Drug War, Drugs, Economics, Education, equality, Equity, Gender, Hate Crime, History, Human Rights, Media, Newspaper, Non-Profit, Police, Politics, Poverty, Prison, race, Social Justice, Social Media, violence

• Hope and The Righteous Side of History

  

  A Year of Remembrance 2016 has been a year of tremendous tragedy, sorrow, social divisiveness, and political turmoil. We’ve seen the deaths of prominent celebrities, like Nathalie Cole, Alan Rickman, Prince, and Muhammad Ali, just to name a few. This has been one of the most contentious presidential election cycles in recent years. The rise…

  June 18, 2016

  Education, equality, Equity, Gender, Hate Crime, LGBTQ, Manhood, mental health, Non-Profit, Politics, race, Sexism, Social Justice