Resources

The Campaign for Black Male Achievement (CBMA) developed this first-of-its-kind report to track and communicate how cities’ efforts across the country are advancing Black Male Achievement. The Promise of Place: Cities Advancing Black Male Achievement.. Read More unveils the Black Male Achievement (BMA) City Index, which scores 50 cities according to their visible level of engagement and committed action on behalf of Black men and boys. The report spotlights the 10 cities with the highest scores and provides in-depth profiles of how the three highest-scored cities—Detroit, MI; Oakland, CA; and Washington, DC—are responding to the needs of Black men and boys to ensure they achieve their full potential. The Promise of Place report also details three areas where all cities can and must do better to improve life outcomes for Black men and boys: 1) mobilizing a Black male achievement stakeholder community, 2) reimagining how we perceive Black men and boys and 3) developing and implementing a Black Male Achievement agenda to improve life outcomes for Black men and boys.

This report explores the known research about the connection between civic engagement activities and college access and success. It also shares best practices, data, and evaluations from two successful programs that have used service and service-lear.. Read Morening as a strategy to increase college access and success.

Provides a better understanding of advocacy activities to yield significant rewards for nonprofits and foundations. Contents include position development, educating and lobbying policymakers, grasstops or influencer mobilization, grassroots or consti.. Read Moretuency mobilization, electoral politics, use of media, how an idea becomes policy, and the advocacy map.

Describes how The Justice Project engaged in a strategic-planning process to clarify its direction and priorities without stifling the flexibility central to its success. Successful advocacy organizations mobilize quickly for social change. But the m.. Read Moreore successful such organizations become, and the broader their agendas, the more challenging it is to track all possible options for action or prioritize among them.

An in-depth look at what it takes to create a fearless approach to social change. The report includes inspiring stories, case studies, discussion guides, and values at the heart of some of the most successful fearless change efforts of our time. .. Read More

Free online tools. The Advocacy Progress Planner and Continuous Progress side-by-side guides help advance advocacy for grantmakers and advocates working on domestic issues and global issues.  These tools enable advocates, funders, and evaluators to p.. Read Morelan better, evaluate better, and advocate better.

This article describes the barriers to paternal involvement for African American men in prison, including legal definitions of family, correctional facility security regulations for visitors, proximity of the prison to the child, relationships with t.. Read Morehe mother of the child, communication, and psychological factors.

A Gathering of Leaders 2013 was a three-day conference convening 200 social change leaders working to improve opportunities for boys and men of color. This report is a follow-up to the conference, highlighting the insights, recommendations, victories.. Read More, struggles, and lessons learned of participants.

In this essay, Dr. Emmett Carson provides three reasons foundations should engage in specific programs aimed at supporting African-American men and boys: the mythology of a post-racial society; saving an endangered species; and ensuring global compet.. Read Moreitiveness.