My Brother's Keeper

Mayor Eric Garcetti Looks to Find 250-Million Dollars of Cuts in the City Budget, for Police Reform and New Opportunities in Underserved Communities.

Betti Halsell Contributing WriterJune 4, 2020

Los Angeles City Mayor Eric Garcetti announced he has responded to Obama’s call for action and signed the Mayor’s Pledge. The mayor updated the community with the current status of safety measures that will take affect immediately. The mayor was joined by Eileen Decker, President of the Los Angeles Police Commission. She spoke of the review and revision in the police department.

Daily Briefs

WATCH: President Barack Obama and Golden State Warriors Stephen Curry Kick off My Brother’s Keeper Summit in Oakland

Sentinel News WireFebruary 20, 2019

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Former President Barack Obama and Golden State Warriors superstar Stephen Curry told a roomful of minority boys on Tuesday that they matter and urged them to make the world a better place. Obama was in Oakland, California, to mark the fifth anniversary of My Brother’s Keeper, an initiative he launched after the 2012 shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. The death of the African-American teen sparked protests over racial profiling. The initiative was a call to communities to close opportunity gaps for minority boys, especially African-American, Latino and Native American boys, Obama said to roughly 100

Larry Aubry Opinion

Schools Still Fail to Educate Black Students

Larry AubryOctober 5, 2017

The Local Control Funding Formula is a California legislative initiative that enables school districts, rather than the state, to receive and allocate funds to those schools most in need.

Op-Ed Opinion

My Brother’s Keeper Is Changing Lives And The Future

By Blair Taylor & Broderick D. JohnsonMarch 16, 2017

The lives of millions of boys and young men of color are at stake. As is the future of our nation.

Uncategorized

L.A. County My Brother’s Keeper Youth Summit

StaffJanuary 30, 2017

Feb. 11 Come out to the L.A. County My Brother’s Keeper (MBK) Youth Summit on February 11 at L.A. Trade Technical College. Learn more about MBK efforts in Los Angeles county and MBK cities (Long Beach, Hawthorne, Los Angeles, Compton Culver City), become involved in MBK efforts and Youth Employment/Career/College Fair (16-24). This event is by invitation only. For more information, please contact Vincent Holmes at [email protected]. L.A. Trade Technical College is located at 400 W Washington Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90015

Local News

White House “Roundtable on Diversity, Youth, and the Outdoors” to Include Compton Mayor Aja Brown

Sentinel News ServiceDecember 8, 2016

Compton and Alaska Native youth leaders will join Compton Mayor Aja Brown and the First Lady of Washington State, Trudi Inslee at the White House Roosevelt Room on Thursday, December 8 as featured participants in the Roundtable on Diversity, Youth & the Outdoors.

Education National News

Education Secretary King calls for end to paddling students

CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated PressDecember 1, 2016

Education Secretary John B. King Jr. is urging governors and school leaders in states that allow student paddling to end a practice he said would be considered “criminal assault or battery” against an adult.

National News

President Obama Talks about the Future of HBCUs, My Brother’s Keeper at North Carolina A&T

Freddie Allen NNPA Newswire Managing EditorOctober 19, 2016

President Barack Obama said that historically Black colleges that are producing engineers, doctors and dentists serve as the foundation stone for building Black middle class wealth and success

Entertainment Music

Obama meets with musicians on My Brother’s Keeper

JESSE J. HOLLAND, Associated PressApril 21, 2016

Musicians Alicia Keys, Nicki Minaj, Busta Rhymes, Common, Janelle Monae and others met Friday with President Barack Obama to discuss ways to continue the administration’s “My Brother’s Keeper” initiative and spur criminal justice reform in the United States.