BTB’s National Community Engagement Town Hall Tour starting this Saturday September 18, 2010
School age Black males are in Crisis, and its time we do something about it. Washington Koen Media Productions, supported by OSI’s Campaign for Black Male Achievement, and along with the Young People’s Project of Jackson, Foundation for the Mid-South, and FAITH, INC are convening to discuss solutions @ the Beyond the Bricks National Community … Read more
Obama delivers his second back-to-school pep talk at Philadelphia school
DARLENE SUPERVILLE,Associated Press Writer Associated Press writer Kathy Matheson in Philadelphia contributed to this report. WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is taking to the nation’s airwaves once again, this time to tell America’s schoolchildren that nothing is beyond their reach as long as they dream big, work hard and focus on learning. Obama will … Read more
Beyond the Bricks partners with UNCF, TheGrio.com and CentricTV.com
We are proud to announce our national partnerships for the Beyond the Bricks National Community Engagement Campaign. The UNCF, theGrio.com and CentricTV.com have come on board to help get the word out to about the Community Town Hall discussions, Public Service Announcements and the re launch of the beyondthebricksproject.com community web port being launched this … Read more
Dr. Lomax of UNCF and Damien from Nuttin But Stringz close out the PSA shoots
We are very grateful for all the committed men who stopped by and gave their pledge to go beyond the everyday, and beyond the surface to help our young black boys get to the top. A sincerely thank you to Sway from MTV, Michael C. Williams (The Wire), M-1 and Stic.man of Dead Prez, Bilial, … Read more
Eagle Academy for Young Men Opens $50 Million State of the Art School on Sept. 8th
Eagle Academy for Young Men Opens $50 Million State of the Art School on Sept. 8th Launches National Movement to Save our Sons Governor Paterson, Chancellor Klein, Russell Simmons, Allan Houston, Elected Officials to Attend Opening New York, NY – September 2, 2010: The Eagle Academy Foundation, which runs all-boys public schools in the Bronx, … Read more
