The sinking of Sankofa

EDPSANK23C-652148Please call Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter at (215) 686-2181 or email michael.nutter@phila.gov and ask him to find the money to mentor and educate Black and Latino young men in Philadelphia.

By Stephanie Farr

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KENYATTA McKinney had 18 questions he’d ask the black and Latino boys coming into the Sankofa Passages Program. Chief among them was: Who is the male role model in your life?

“A lot of them would say their mother,” McKinney said. “Sixty percent could not come up with a positive male role model.”

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