Sentences with phrase «issue of black male»

In that role, she says, «We continue to bring forward the issue of Black male recruitment and retention to NEA leadership.»

Working around issues of black male identity in the exhibition Tailor, Singer, Striker, Dandy (2011) at the Gallery of Costume, Platt Hall, Manchester Art Gallery she selected from the large West African textile collection in the gallery's stores and reinterpreted the materials to express contemporary and historic male identity through appearance and clothes.

Not exact matches

According to the New York Times, black students have never been responsible for mass shootings that drove the national conversation about gun safety and minority schools have never been the targets of such attacks, leaving civil rights groups wondering why black students would be the focus when seeking to address an issue that plagues white, male students.

It's a major issue,» Radford said of the lack of black male role models.

A mashup of «Some Like It Hot» (leering rooster - in - the - henhouse voyeurism) and «Glee» (peppy musical interludes), that, on the plus side, grapples with the potent issue of young black male identity...

The study, issued last week, argues that a substantial increase in the number and rate of traditional - age white women attending college in the 1970's and 1980's has created the appearance of a sharp drop in the college - enrollment rate of black males.

The Schott Foundation for Public Education has issued the numbing finding that «nearly three - quarters of the black male students (in the MPS) fail to graduate with their (9th - grade) cohort.»

John H. Jackson, the head of the Cambridge, Mass. - based foundation, said last month that the organization was issuing a challenge to school districts to promote a 50 percent increase in the graduation rate of black males in the next five years.

Nehemiah D. Frank wrote a blog on his website, The Black Wall Street Times, that captured issues that resonates deeply with founders of The Fellowship: Black Male Educators for Social Justice.

Other urban districts also have begun to focus on minority males to reduce the achievement gap or address skewed discipline statistics or stereotypes, all issues that have been magnified since the shooting of an unarmed black teenager by a police officer in Ferguson, Mo., in August.

Noting the efforts of U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and his department's «Black Men to the Blackboard» recruitment campaign begun in 2011, Bristol and Ferguson hypothesize that this dearth of black male teachers, especially in urban areas, is as much an issue of retainment as recruitBlack Men to the Blackboard» recruitment campaign begun in 2011, Bristol and Ferguson hypothesize that this dearth of black male teachers, especially in urban areas, is as much an issue of retainment as recruitblack male teachers, especially in urban areas, is as much an issue of retainment as recruitment.

In response to these statistics, OUSD established the Office of African American Male Achievement in 2010, which offers manhood development classes, a Black Student Union, and parent summits to discuss issues related to African American student achievement.

Fresno, the fourth largest school district in California, is in the midst of a culture shift, Nelson said, and is working to address its equity issues, such as the disparate discipline rate of students who are Black, male and in special education — the focus of Nelson's dissertation.

Black Men of the Classroom: A Policy Brief for How Boston Public Schools Can Recruit and Retain Black Male Teachers (Issue brief).

A significant milestone in this work was the launch of President Obama's My Brother's Keeper Initiative, which seeks to shine a light on the issues impacting young black male students both in the classroom and in their communities and to leverage governmental, philanthropic and private sector support to address these issues.

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Taken together, Simmons oeuvre reflects the shift that curator Thelma Golden both observed and underwent herself with her exhibitions Black Male in 1994 and Freestyle in 2001: the move from highly politicized issue - based art to more apolitical considerations of identity along side the artistic process.

With his distinctive style of figuration, Colescott laid bare issues of systemic racism and the omission of black subjects within the genre of history painting, offering up a disturbing yet poignant critique of male chauvinism, sexual misconduct, and interracial relationships.

The exhibit explored issues imbued in the controversial trend of «saggin» — the style which sees young men wearing pants well below their waist — as an allegory to talk about Black male mobility and agency.

While Anderson deftly dissects police brutality, rape culture and the limits of socially prescribed black male identity, Bowers tackles issues of trans liberation, labor equity and immigrant rights.

«Many of my students in the graduate program are thinking about the work of Thelma Golden and asking to look at the 1993 Whitney Biennial and «Black Male» and the kinds of issues she's brought up at the Studio Museum.»

A multi-screen, documentary - style video installation, «Question Bridge: Black Males in America» presents a dynamic series of «exchanges» among black men, who span generations and backgrounds, about a range of contemporary issues particularly relevant in this post-Obama era and in the wake of Ferguson and countless other police involved killings of African American men that have dominated the news for more than a yearBlack Males in America» presents a dynamic series of «exchanges» among black men, who span generations and backgrounds, about a range of contemporary issues particularly relevant in this post-Obama era and in the wake of Ferguson and countless other police involved killings of African American men that have dominated the news for more than a yearblack men, who span generations and backgrounds, about a range of contemporary issues particularly relevant in this post-Obama era and in the wake of Ferguson and countless other police involved killings of African American men that have dominated the news for more than a year now.

Co-created by Chris Johnson, Hank Willis Thomas, Bayeté Ross Smith, and Kamal Sinclair, Question Bridge is a five - channel video installation giving voice to black males — exploring identity and a range of issues, highlighting a diversity of thought and experience.

CREATED BY CHRIS JOHNSON, Hank Willis Thomas, Bayeté Ross Smith, and Kamal Sinclair, «Question Bridge: Black Males» harnesses video technology to connect more than 150 men from across the country in conversations about black male identity and issues of race, masculinity, family and commuBlack Males» harnesses video technology to connect more than 150 men from across the country in conversations about black male identity and issues of race, masculinity, family and commublack male identity and issues of race, masculinity, family and community.