Thursday, October 16, 2008
Teen Athlete's Killing Lamented in Ice Cube Video
In our modern society where does the line between entertainment and real life begin and end. By featuring the family of Jamiel Shaw the LA High School Football Player who was killed earlier this year is Ice Cube educating young people about the problem or is he using the tragedy that a family suffered for entertainment?
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Taking Action
Along with all the stories about the struggles that people in South Central face on a daily basis there are many untold stories of people survival and triumph. Lifehacker talks here about what you can do to make a difference, something that we help mentors do every day. They also have another interesting article on Attacking Poverty through Literacy, something to make us think...
The Relative successes of Charter School
At a time when many of our young people are attending Charter Schools this report from the Wall Street Journal makes interesting reading. What is doesn't discuss is what the impact taking many of the most able students and most engaged parents away from their local Public Schools?
Monday, October 13, 2008
11-year-old boy is one of two shot dead near L.A. Convention Center
It is a sad Indictment of our society and community when it takes the death of an 11 year to make the story of two people being shot and killed newsworthy. Also while these tragedies occur all over LA this one happened minutes away from our office
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Monday, October 6, 2008
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