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>>> WELCOME TO BAY SUNDAY I AM
YOUR HOST GRACE LEE WE HAVE A
PACKED SHOW TODAY.
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>>> TODAY WE ARE GOING TO
INTRODUCE DEUCE YOU TO THE
FUNNY AND TALENT -- INTRODUCE
YOU TO THE FUNNY AND TALENTED,
ZAHRA, SHE HAS A FUNNY SHOW
ABOUT BEING MUSLIM IN AMERICA
AND BEING IN LOVE WITH AN
ATHEIST.
>> THEN BACK TO SAN MATEO 1940s
AS AWARD WINNING PHOTO
JOURNALIST AND DOCUMENTARY FILM
MAKER SEARCHES FOR HIS
ESTRANGED FATHERS PAST AND THEN
FINISH UP WITH HOW YOU CAN
ENROL YOUR KIDS IN A SUMMER
THEATRE CAMP FIRST, WE ARE
GOING TO BEGIN WITH WITH TWO
MEN DETERMINED TO HELP AFRICAN
AMERICAN TEENS FROM LOW INCOME
FAMILIES INTO COLLEGE AND CEO
SEDRICK BROWN OF MITCHELL KAY
POOR FOUNDATION HELPS TO
FINANCE GROUPS LIKE THE COLLEGE
BOUND BROTHER HOOD TOGETHER THE
COUNCIL COACH AND GRANT
SCHOLARSHIPS TO BAY AREA TEENS
GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING.
>> WHY IS IT SO IMPORTANT TO
HELP THIS ONE GROUP THIS GROUP
OF AFRICAN AMERICAN TEENAGERS
GET TO COLLEGE?
>> WE HAVE DONE SOME RESEARCH
THAT SHOWED ONE OUT OF
SEVENAFRICAN AMERICAN YOUNG MEN
IS ELIGIBLE BY REQUIRING -- BY
TAKING THEIR A THROUGH G
REQUIREMENT TO GO TO COLLEGE
AFTER THEY GRADUATE FROM HIGH
SCHOOL, ONE IN SEVEN.
SO WE WONDERED WHERE ARE THE
OTHER SIX.
THIS IS A WASTE OF POTENTIAL
TALENT THAT COULD GO INTO OUR
LABOR FORCE IN THE UNITED
STATES AS PRESIDENT OBAMA
TALKED ABOUT WANTING TO CREATE
A 21st CENTURY LABOR FORCE WE
THINK THIS IS OF UTMOST
IMPORTANCE GETTING THESE YOUNG
MEN TO GO TO SCHOOL.
>>> AND ARE YOU FINDING THESE
PROGRAMS HAVE BECOME
SUCCESSFUL?
I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE PUT IN
WHAT ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS IN
THE PAST FEW YEARS.
>> YEAH.
SO THE COLLEGE BOUND BROTHER
HOOD IS A PROGRAM OF THE
MITCHELL CAPOR FOUNDATION
TOGETHER WE FUND A NUMBER OF
PROGRAMS IN THE BAY AREA
WORKING ON COLLEGE READINESS
FOR STUDENTS AND THE RESULTS
ARE REALLY PHENOMENAL WE JUST
HAD A GRADUATION CEREMONY AT
OAKLAND MUSEUM THAT CELEBRATED
OVER 65 YOUNG MEN ON THEIR WAY
TO INSTITUTIONS LIKE COLUMBIA,
STANFORD, UC MERCED, UC
BERKELEY AND OTHERS WE ARE
STARTING TO SEE THE RESULTS OF
THE WORK THESE TERRIFIC
ORGANIZATIONS ARE DOING.
>>> WE JUST SAW THE PICTURE OF
THAT GROUP OF 65 YOUNG MEN THAT
IS IMPRESSIVE YOU WERE ABLE THE
GET THOSE GUYS INTO COLLEGES
VERY PRESTIGIOUS NAMES AS WELL.
>> WELL, I HAVE TO GIVE CREDIT
TO THE COMMUNITY BASED
ORGANIZATIONS WE WORK WITH
GROUPS FROM MARIN COUNTY, LIKE
THE HANNA PROJECT TO SAN JOSE,
THE GREEN SCHOLARS PROGRAM,
YOUNG SCHOLARS PROGRAM, THERE
ARE 15 GRANT RECIPIENT
ORGANIZATIONS WE ARE FOCUSING
ON OUT OF A POOL OF OVER 100
PROGRAMS IN THE BAY AREA.
AND IT IS THOSE PROGRAMS THAT
ARE REALLY GETTING THE YOUNG
MEN READY TO GO.
THE BROTHER HOOD PROVIDES
NEXUU AND A NETWORK FOR THOSE
DOING THAT WORK TO CELEBRATE
AND HAVE THE YOUNG MEN SEE EACH
OTHER AND KNOW THEY ARE PART OF
SOMETHING BIGGER.
>> RIGHT BECAUSE AS A GROUP I
AM SURE THEY LEARN A LOT MORE
FROM EACH OTHER WE HAVE DANNY
McCAIN YOU ARE ON THE COUNCIL
AND MENTIONED YOU HAVE AN
IMPORTANT PLEDGE YOU ARE
PUSHING FOR NOW.
>> YEAH, RIGHT NOW AS A GROUP
AS A COUNCIL MEMBER, ONE OF OUR
VERY IMPORTANT JOBS WAS TO
FIGURE OUT A PLACE FOR YOUNG
BLACK MEN TO SIGN AND AGREE TO
A PLEDGE BASICALLY SAYING YOU
KNOW, YOU ARE READY, AND YOU
ARE WILLING TO COMPLETE ALL
NECESSARY STEPS TO MAKE IT TO
THAT NEXT STEP WHICH IS
COLLEGE.
AND WE'VE HAD A LOT OF SUCCESS
WITH THAT.
>> DO YOU FIND JUST SIGNING
THAT PLEDGE AND PLANTING THAT
SEED IN THEIR MIND THEY REALLY
THEN WORK HARD TO GET TO
COLLEGE?
>> YEAH, DEFINITELY JUST BY
SIGNING SOMETHING YOU WILL BE
AMAZED HOW MUCH PEOPLE ARE
MOTIVATED TO REALLY PUSH
THEMSELVES AS A PERSON SO IT IS
GOOD.
>> PRETTY COOL.
SEDRICK YOU MENTION IT IS NOT
JUST ABOUT THE SCHOLARSHIPS OR
GRANTS IT IS ABOUT GETTING
PREPARED FOR TESTING, HELPING
THEM TO PAY FEES THERE ARE THAT
WHAT ELSE DO YOU HELP WITH?
>> ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS WE
STARTED WITH AT THE FOUNDATION
WHEN WE IMPLEMENTED THE COLLEGE
WAS CREATING A DATA BASE IT IS
ONLINE COLLEGE BOUND BROs.ORG
ANY STUDENT, PARENT, EDUCATOR,
INTERESTED IN FINDING A COLLEGE
READINESS PROGRAM IN HIS OR HER
COMMUNITY CAN GO TO THAT DATA
BASE, DO A SEARCH LOCATE
RESOURCES THAT WILL BE HELPFUL
SOME OF THE ORGANIZATIONS ARE
IN THERE, SOME SCHOLARSHIP
RESOURCES ARE IN THERE THAT IS
ONE WAY PEOPLE CAN TAKE
INDIVIDUAL ACTION TO GET ON THE
PATH TO COLLEGE.
>> ONE THING TO REMEMBER YOU
GUYS DON'T HAVE REQUIREMENTS
EXCEPT YOU NEED TO BE AFRICAN
AMERICAN AND MALE THEY HELP ALL
KINDS WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU
TO SEDRICK AND DANNY IF YOU
WOULD LIKE MORE INFORMATION
THEY HAVE A WEBSITE NKS.ORG IF
YOU WANT TO CHECK IT OUT AND
GET MORE INFORMATION BAY SUNDAY
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