Guest
Speaker: Mr.
Gary Brackett
2009 Indianapolis Colts Super Bowl XLI Champion
Founder, IMPACT Foundation
SAAB
National Headquarters offers
empowering national conferences that incorporate powerful messages of
success to young men
throughout the U.S. We
invite you to join us for powerful speakers and presenters who
enlighten like minded young men,
professionals, community activists and scholars striving to make a
difference in the lives of men in the community.
Black, Brown &
College Bound: Meeting the Challenge of
Higher Education - “And Still We Rise:
Turning Hurdles into Triumphs for
African American and Latino Males":
Dr. Bledsoe will be
presenting for this Annual Summit hosted by
Hillsborough Community College February 29 -
March 3, 2012 to be held at the Grand Hyatt
Hotel in Tampa Bay, Florida. Please visit
the
BBCB website
for more info.
The Coalition of Schools Educating Boys
of Color hosts their 6th Annual
Gathering of Leaders entitled "Great
Schools Are Not an Accident: Successful
Learning Communities for Boys and Young
Men of Color" April 26 - 28, 2012 •
North Carolina Central University •
Durham, North Carolina. Visit their
website to learn more and register:
http://www.coseboc.org
National
Coalition for College Completion Announces
Nationwide Mobilization: Diverse organizations speak out about
need to focus on helping students finish
college, not just get in Washington,
D.C. – In response to our nation’s
urgent need for more college graduates, a
broad coalition of organizations announced
the launch of the National Coalition for
College Completion. Led by the Institute for
Higher Education Policy (IHEP), the
coalition is a group of leaders from outside
the education space, including business,
civil rights, community-based, and student
and youth advocacy organizations, ranging
from SAAB, CEOs for Cities
and the Boys and Girls Clubs of America, to
the National Urban League and
www.mobilize.org.
Read Full Press
Release . . .
Student African
American Brotherhood (SAAB)increases the number of
African American and Latino men who graduate from college by
creating a positive peer community based on a spirit of caring.
SAAB was
founded in 1990 and has grown to more than 200
chapters across college and university campuses;
middle and high schools in more than 39 states in the U.S.
SAAB operates through student chapters
across the nation where young men of color enjoy
the privilege of social,
cultural and spiritual enrichment.
SAAB celebrates
twenty one years of dedicated
service to student populations, as we continue to grow,
we strive to create
relevant experiences for males of color who
achieve their dreams in higher
education.
As Student African
American Brotherhood
celebrates its 21st
Anniversary, lease read
a Special
Founder's Day Message
from
Dr. Tyrone Bledsoe.
SAAB
encourages and gratefully accepts tax deductible donations as you partner with us in our
commitment to serve young men of color in
America.
We pride ourselves on our
SAAB chapter leaders and
community supporters and hope that you will join
the ranks with your dollars in
participation.
The John S. and James L.
Knight Foundation funds a
recent
SAAB Initiative to
increase high school graduation rates and
college access for at least 90 African American
male students by extending the Student African
American Brotherhood's network to high schools
in Akron, Macon, and Miami. Dr. Tyrone Bledsoe added "SAAB is extremely pleased to
partner with the Knight Foundation on this very
important initiative addressing issues impacting
young males of color around the country."
Powerful
SAAB Member Testimony:
Dear Dr. Bledsoe,
I am a brother at the University of
Louisville SAAB chapter and have been a
member for 4 years. The reason for me
writing to you is in response to our
talk we had at the conference. We spoke
about graduate school, and you told me
that you would be willing to help me get
into graduate school no matter what, as
long as I didn't waste your time.
Read the full
testimony . . .
From
the Marines to TCC to the Secret Service:
One of the few, the proud, the Marines –
Hiawatha Clemons spent time in the Corps
packing up the personal belongings of those
in his unit who died while fighting the War
on Terror on the front lines in Iraq. “I was
proud to serve my country and help protect
it from any more terrorist attacks,” Clemons
says.
Read full story .
. .
Toledo Public
Schools (TPS) SAAB Chapter members
served as greeters and ushers for the TPS
Community Appreciation luncheon on January
31st. Two members, Vince Hill & Joshura Dunn,
were on the agenda as speakers. TPS
Assistant Superintendent Dr. Romules L.
Durant said “SAAB took the community
by surprise!” Also, on hand to oversee the
young men and make the event a true success
were SAAB Chapter Advisors Mr. Price,
Mr. Slusser, Mr. Duckworth, and Mr. Ward.
SAAB Saturday at Tiffin University:
“Get in the station wagon and get started
doing something productive or positive in
your life,” advised Student African American
Brotherhood founder, Dr. Tyrone Bledsoe, to
members attending a conference at the
University of Toledo in November. “No more
excuses; be accountable; be humble,” he said
to over 200 members who came from Northwest
Ohio and Michigan to be a part of the SAAB
Saturday conference.
Read the full article
. . .
Toledo
Public Schools (TPS) SAAB Chapters
gather for a 'SAAB Saturday'
event in Toledo, Ohio. Front Row: Dr.
Romulus Durant, Assistant Superintendent,
TPS & Dr. Tyrone Bledsoe, Founder/Executive
Director, SAAB. Also pictured are TPS SAAB
Chapter Advisors and their students: Mr.
Antonio Davis,
Robinson Elementary School; Mr. Jesse
Duckworth,
Bowsher High School; and Mr. Ward Barnett,
Pickett Elementary School.
Student African
American Brotherhood (SAAB) showcases talent
before Toledo Public School board -
In an article written by
The Toledo Journal several members of the
Student African American Brotherhood (SAAB)
chapters gave a presentation on the history
and goals of the group during a Toledo Board
of Education meeting Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2011.
The student group, better known as SAAB,
has more than 200 members in Toledo, OH
schools and the University of Toledo, which
is the site of the group’s national
headquarters.
Read full article . .
.
Dr. Tyrone Bledsoe speaks at SAAB's
Associate Consultant Institute 2011
The State of Education for Males of Color:
The SAAB organizationis dedicated
to improving the state of education for males of
color. Learn more about news across the country
through articles we share with you. Please visit
the
SAAB Video Gallery
for thought provoking videos.
Work-Study Is
About Work and Study
-
CEO/President of the Lumina Foundation for
Education, Jamie Merisotis writes for the
internet newspaper, Huffington Post (09/19/11)
"It is fair to say that the
Federal Work-Study
(FWS) program is the Rodney Dangerfield of
financial aid programs.
Read more . . .
Black Males Hit
Extra Hard By Unemployment~The
country's
spiraling unemployment rate is taking a
particular toll on men as the recession
continues to roil male-dominated
industries, such as manufacturing and
construction. This
"he-cession," as it's sometimes called,
has hit African-American men especially
hard, increasing their unemployment rate
to more than 17 percent last month. One of
those unemployed black men searching for
work is Randolph Smith. When Smith, 53,
is working, he manages logistics,
inventory and supplies for large
companies. He's been trying to find that
type of work since he was laid off a
year ago — but so far, he's had no
success. Read
full article . . .
The
Completion Shortfall
- "Access
without success is an empty promise…and a missed
opportunity with economic consequences."
Americans can take pride in the great progress
made in ensuring access to college:
More than 70% of our young people start some
kind of advanced training or education within
two years of receiving their high school
diplomas. Yet for too many, the journey ends
long before graduation day. They become college
dropouts.
Read full article
. . .
Mr. Mike Love, SAAB Chapter Advisory
at Mount Miguel High School shared
this photo from their 7th Annual
East County Young Men's Leadership
Conference. “We had a record number
of participants! Over 65 young men
heard wisdom from Agustin Peña, Mike
Love, Mark Jeffers, SAAB @ SDSU
[Student African American
Brotherhood], among others. El
Santos brought a group of students
down from Temecula and they have
committed to building a male support
group at their school. Jerome and
Shakira Williams sponsored a group
from the Oceanside/Carlsbad
community. Supporters such as Sylvia
Sposato, Joyce Moore and Kim Moore
handled all the 'behind the scenes'
arrangements which made for a
fantastic day. We couldn't have done
it without you! And I would be
negligent if I did not mention
Tyrone Bledsoe Phd - the founder of
SAAB whose vision and commitment
were the roots of our work!
