A good Mentor! someone who teaches or gives help and advice to a less experienced and often younger person Good afternoon and welcome! To the annual our Mentoring community gathering. Today we are honored to have a very special guest to speak our young men. Without further delay, I take great pride to introduce a national treasure in the person of Mr. Fredrick Douglass. Let’s give him our undivided attention. Mr. Douglass motions up from his seat in slow and purposeful movements. His steps are not heavy from physical weight, but from the emotions that he carries for the task at hand. When he reaches the podium, he secures a firm grip on both sides. He gives a panoramic view of the audience. His attention lands on the empty chairs
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It takes a special woman to help young men navigate into manhood. A mother must be able to draw out his strengths and speaks to his weakness without dominating him or bruising his ego Young men need to see manhood modeled when he gets a good foundation the chances are good that he will be able to identify and gravitate toward positive role models. For some of you who have not realized the real value of your mother or the women in your life. Women are not the description of whom the latest graphic rap song is depicting them to be. Let me put her value in a another context for all of the future men of our culture. The word women comes from a word
“Wombed Man” which means she is your counterpart but not equal in every way. This does not decrease her value it simply mean we have different strengths. Men are physically stronger than women, which means we must learn to control our aggression and anger towards them. When we are present in the lives of our children they have a stronger sense of confidence and security and greater self-esteem. Women give emotional balance great wisdom and stability to her …show more content…
Our families are the thread to the community. Our communities need all of us to contribute to its success. I stand here today because…. We need to own our truth…. to chance our reality, what affects one of us touches all of us. Take a long hard consider your soul, into your truth. Some of you who are on the down low need to take a long look at the truth of your sexuality, your behavior opens the door to the spread of HIV. The medical profession has made advances and it’s not a death sentence anymore. However, HIV infection and AIDS are social and emotional situation that alters your life If current rates persist, CDC (Center for Disease Control – Give guidelines and treatment for
Diseases) projects that approximately one in 20 black men, one in 48 black women, and one in two black gay and bisexual men will receive a diagnosis of HIV during their lifetimes. We must encourage education and mentoring to combat other the crisis in our community The incarceration rates disproportionately impact men of color: 1 in every 15 African American men.
According to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP),
African Americans constitute nearly 1 million of the total 2.3 million incarcerated
It takes a special woman to help young men navigate into manhood. A mother must be able to draw out his strengths and speaks to his weakness without dominating him or bruising his ego Young men need to see manhood modeled when he gets a good foundation the chances are good that he will be able to identify and gravitate toward positive role models. For some of you who have not realized the real value of your mother or the women in your life. Women are not the description of whom the latest graphic rap song is depicting them to be. Let me put her value in a another context for all of the future men of our culture. The word women comes from a word
“Wombed Man” which means she is your counterpart but not equal in every way. This does not decrease her value it simply mean we have different strengths. Men are physically stronger than women, which means we must learn to control our aggression and anger towards them. When we are present in the lives of our children they have a stronger sense of confidence and security and greater self-esteem. Women give emotional balance great wisdom and stability to her …show more content…
Our families are the thread to the community. Our communities need all of us to contribute to its success. I stand here today because…. We need to own our truth…. to chance our reality, what affects one of us touches all of us. Take a long hard consider your soul, into your truth. Some of you who are on the down low need to take a long look at the truth of your sexuality, your behavior opens the door to the spread of HIV. The medical profession has made advances and it’s not a death sentence anymore. However, HIV infection and AIDS are social and emotional situation that alters your life If current rates persist, CDC (Center for Disease Control – Give guidelines and treatment for
Diseases) projects that approximately one in 20 black men, one in 48 black women, and one in two black gay and bisexual men will receive a diagnosis of HIV during their lifetimes. We must encourage education and mentoring to combat other the crisis in our community The incarceration rates disproportionately impact men of color: 1 in every 15 African American men.
According to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP),
African Americans constitute nearly 1 million of the total 2.3 million incarcerated