Category: Youth
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On Why Black Lives Matter
In this article, I will discuss the not-so-surprisingly controversial slogan and hashtag that sparked a modern-day civil rights movement, #BlackLivesMatter. I will explain the merits of the movement and why it matters now more than ever. Detractors and Neo-conservatives (Shout out to Fox News) have tried to undermine the statement ‘black lives matter” with the…
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Evolved Man of the Week: Huey P. Newton
Welcome to the “Black History Month” edition of the Evolving Man Project’s ‘Evolved Man of the Week’ profiles. Each week in February, we will highlight a historical black male figure that embodies what it meant to be an evolved man, famous and non-famous alike. The world needs to know their stories and deeds. This week’s honor…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
‘We’ve seen the worst of humanity,’ Florida school official says as 17 killed in campus shooting A former student who had been expelled for disciplinary reasons opened fire at a South Florida high school Wednesday, killing 17 people and wounding at least a dozen others, authorities said. The suspected gunman, Nikolas Cruz, 19, was quickly…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Black Lives Matter Flag Begins Flying Over Vermont School “We are proud to do this because it honors the reality that the experience of our … black students is not the same as the experience of our white students,” Superintendent Brian Ricca said. “And our goal has been to have a substantive conversation about this,…
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Dive In
America’s racist history of separating white and black swimmers Making a Splash I was eleven years old, and it was summer intermission at W.E.B. DuBois elementary school. I had signed up for the swim lessons. It was the very first time I’d been in a swimming pool or tried my hand at swimming. The…
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The Social Justice Warrior
What is a Social Justice Warrior? Social– relating to society or its organization. Justice– the maintenance or administration of what is just especially by the impartial adjustment of conflicting claims or the assignment of merited rewards or punishments meting out justice -social justice. Warrior– a person engaged or experienced in warfare; broadly: a person involved in some struggle or conflict -poverty warrior…
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Evolved Man of the Week: Immortal Technique
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 men alike. The world needs to know their stories and deeds. This week’s honor goes to Hip-Hop artist, activist, entrepreneur, and revolutionary, Immortal…
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The Evolved Man of the Week: Jose Gonzalez
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 men alike. The world needs to know their stories and deeds. This week’s honor goes to a K-12 public education teacher, environmental education…
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The Evolved Man of the Week: Jay Hammonds
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 men alike. The world needs to know their stories and deeds. This week’s honor goes to Bay Area native, Year Up Alumni, IT…
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A Letter to My 24-Year-Old Self
The only thing in life that is guaranteed is death and taxes. Life’s a series of changes. I often like to think that I’ve grown and evolved over the past ten years as a man. I would love to have the mindset and confidence I possessed at 34 when I was just the tender age…
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