Education and Youth Empowerment on the Move

Today we have open lines to discuss education as a civil rights issue of the 21st Century. Yesterday President Obama's Education Secretary Arne Duncan spoke at the MLK Reclaim the Dream March and Rally and stated, "We've been too satisfied with second-class schools."

R Lee Gordon will update us on some of the great things pertaining to youth empowerment movements across the country.



The National Black TEEN Empowerment Expo (NBTEE) is building a national youth movement, community by community. New youth movements are now underway in Brooklyn, NY, New Jersey and Baltimore. In 2011, we will form youth movements in other NYC boroughs, and in Atlanta, Texas and California.

National Black Male Drop Out Rate Just Under 50%

Our guest today will be Dr. Stephen Jones and we will be discussing the staggering Black male drop out rate in the United States.

We will examine the causes and what we can do to help our Black teens succeed academically.

Dr. Stephen Jones is an outstanding educator who has spent his career helping economically disadvantaged students to succeed in college. Dr. Jones has earned a Bachelors Degree in Community Psychology from Widener University, Masters in Education from Howard University, Masters in Business from Philadelphia University, and a Doctorate in Education from Widener University. He has been instrumental in helping 1000’s of students to realize their dream to earn a degree.



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InsideOut with Stephanie Humphrey

Stephanie Humphrey will join us on Black Teen Empowerment Radio. Stephanie has a long resume as it pertains to the media industry both entertainment and non entertainment.

She also has appeared in several movies like “The Dark Fields” starring Bradley Cooper and Robert De Niro, where she played a reporter as she did in the the film “Law Abiding Citizen” starring Jamie Foxx.



Stephanie has a desire to work with youth through her workshop/seminar InsideOut which seeks to help women between the ages of 12 and 16 yrs old. She seeks to present InsideOut to a national and international audience of youth. According to her website, InsideOut seeks to help young women ages 12-16 develop and grow in two ways: Inside - focuses primarily on fitness and nutrition (another one of her passions), but will also encompass mental, spiritual, and emotional well-being; and Outside - focuses on appearance, grooming, hygiene, and the optimal way in which a young lady may present herself. All of these issues directly affect a young woman’s self-esteem, but in this image-obsessed society, are not being properly addressed. This workshop will be presented in schools, youth centers, churches, and at conferences across the country.

You can learn more about Stephanie Humphrey by visiting her website at http://www.stephaniehumphrey.com

Encourage Me I'm Young! Calvin Mann Discusses Good Fathers Only

Calvin Mann of EMIY Inc and Good Fathers Only joins us today to discuss his efforts to empower youth and fathers to be the best that they can be.



About: "Encourage Me I'm Young, Inc., (EMIY), is a non-profit, for-youth enrichment organization that equips and enhances today's youth with guidance, encouragement, and relative and achievable goals. Character development, empowerment, and literacy proficiency is emphasized through mentorship. The intention of EMIY is to embrace and uplift one another by enlisting society to focus on potential instead of aptitude." Visit EMIY INC.

Financial Literacy for A New Generation

Today we will be joined by Mr. Garry Lawrence who is the Kidz 4 Money course director.

About Kidz 4 Money: Kidz 4 Money's MindSet of Wealth® is an innovative financial literacy and wealth building program for today’s youth that takes them far beyond money management skills. Our programs and books are specifically designed to equip today’s youth with the necessary critical-wealth thinking tools needed for tomorrow's economy. We teach teens how to build true wealth and start legacies.

Black Teen Empowerment Radio will be also saying farewell to one of its hosts. Mr. Keith J. Davis Jr. will be leaving the program as he cuts down on some of his activities to re-focus on some his goals. We certainly appreciate the time he spent with us. Now the search is on for a new teen host to fill void a be the voice of youth on Black Teen Empowerment Radio.