Game Changers: A son builds on father's legacy of activism
In 1966, at the peak of the Civil Rights Movement, national and local activists around the country united around a common theme: building opportunities for the next generation of black leadership...
Pittsburgh choir helps black boys find their voice
In Pittsburgh, the Afro American Music Institute has used music as an unexpected gateway to life skills and academic success for young black men...
Game Changers: Milwaukee's occupy the hood
Where are tomorrow's leaders who will stand up to city hall politicians and demand economic justice?
Young, Gifted, and Organized: Stopping the Prison Pipeline
This system may be the reason young Black men and boys are criminalized and over-incarcerated relative to others groups...
Game Changer : A Song for Trayvon
For the Game Changers Project, a national media initiative to reframe the images and perception of black males in the media, the Trayvon Martin case hits close to home...
Dream Chaser: Formerly impoverished teen writes novel
Kyle Chais, The once homeless young man recently got his first book, "Nameless," published by Simon & Schuster...
Public Enemy's Chuck D hosts 'Operation Skid Row' in LA
GAME CHANGERS: Recently, the Los Angeles Community Action Network organized 'Operation Skid Row,' a benefit festival for the city's homeless hosted by rap legend Chuck D of Public Enemy...
Pittsburgh arts group mentors black youth
GAME CHANGERS - Being a teenager today is not easy, especially if you're a young black male in the foster care system...
Game Changer: Filmmaker is re-framing the mainstream
According to the 2005 US Census, 45% of American children under the age of 5 belong to minority groups...
Philly hip hop producer/MC inspires through music and mentoring
In Philadelphia, a city where a black male has almost as much a chance of getting a job as being struck by lightning...
