In Chicago, very few Black people are interested in this concept of supporting righteous young Black men. That includes most of the educators from the schools they attend and most of the ministers from the churches their mothers attend. It is as though many Black people are more comfortable counting bodies on the way to the morgue or counting young men on their way to prison, than supporting young men achieving academic and employment success.
Please make a liar out of me. On Saturday, June 24, 2017, 10:00 am at 4100 South King Drive in Chicago, Illinois, I expect to have a room full of young Black men who have graduated from their schools but very few Black people to cheer them on. Please show up to call me a liar! And “show out” to encourage young Black men not to killed each other, but to work together in productive teams building our communities.
Maybe those people who think they are “good people” really don’t care. Maybe we deserve 35 shooting and 7 killings last weekend, and 4,000 shootings and 800 killings in Chicago last year. Please call 773.285.9600 to register your 2017 graduate or to let us know that you will support the Mass Black Male Graduation Ceremony with a few hours of your time. You will be supporting young Black men succeeding in life. — Phillip Jackson, Chairman, The Black Star Project