According to The Mentoring Effect, young adults who were at-risk for falling off track but had a mentor are 130% more likely to hold leadership positions. Our youth need you today and everyday. Sign up to be a mentor by visiting: growingkings.org/mentor #growingkings #mentormagic

Appreciate the love DWade ! comin from one of the best to ever play the game! I’m w u. DPOY equality! Guards can do it too. Defense ain’t about the size. It’s about the ❤️. Appreciate u!

Apply now for the Power of Youth Challenge to create and lead service projects in your community! This program is YOUTH-DESIGNED & YOUTH-LED.Deadline: June 30, 2020 | For information visit: bit.ly/2Th5Pfg America's Promise Mott Foundation

The 5th Annual Chucks & Tux fundraising gala will be held on April 18th, 2020 from 8pm-Midnight at Events at Haven! We can't wait to party with all of you and raise funds to support the hundreds of underserved male youth in our programs! growingkings.org/chucksandtux #chucksandtux

This so much.

Growing Kings advocates for a policy agenda aiming to improve the lives of boys and young men who are most harmed by disparities across academic, social and economic systems. We promote mentoring and diversion programs as a strategy for reducing youth detention and incarceration.

Total student loan debt: $1.7 trillion Total cost of the Fed's short-term bank funding: $1.5 trillion America has socialism for the rich, harsh capitalism for everyone else.

"The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go. You might learn a way to earn a few dollars. Or how to make doughnuts... or kangaroo collars." Hahaha. That caught me off guard on first read. #carryon #drseuss

“The more healthy relationships a child has, the more likely he will be to recover from trauma and thrive. Relationships are the agents of change and the most powerful therapy is human love.” Bruce D. Perry, M.D.,Ph.D. Karen Seamone Bayview Community School

Nonprofit organizations that are led by people of color continue to receive a disproportionately low number of philanthropic dollars. Our Chair of the Board, Edgar Villanueva (Lumbee) chats with Stanford Social Innovation Review on how philanthropy can—and must—improve. ssir.org/articles/entry…

Shout out to Nickelodeon

#Celtics

Chris Paul should have at least been an MVP finalist. #Rigged

There is no one in the history of the NBA better at drawing fouls than James Harden. Smh. #Celtics

For the first time in @nfl history, “Lift Every Voice” was sung tonight by the @famuconcertchoir! We couldn't be more proud! #FAMUDidItFirst

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The Illmatic on Ozark is a very pleasant surprise.

The convening is only a few days away and we are so excited to see our network together in person. If you haven't registered yet, find all the links you need here: linktr.ee/citiesunited