4th Annual Breaking Barriers: Real Men Moving Forward Public Event
This is an event for African American Boys & Young Men (Ages 10-18).
We are looking for *500* African American Young Men and *100* African American Men to Join Us...!
"Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek"-- President Barack Obama
R esilience Building
E ntertainment
A ctivities
L ife Changing
M entoring
E nlightening
N urturing
Sponsored by: Metropolitan Family Services/ Illinois Violence Prevention Authority/ Chicago State University
Partners: Chicago Association of Black Social Workers/ Illinois Department of Children & Family Services African American Advisory Council and Registration Unit/ Illinois State Senator Emil Jones, III 14th District/ Lakeside Community Committee/ Nehemiah Restoration Coalition/ Olive-Harvey College/Illinois State Senator Donne Trotter, 17th District/ Youth 1st Counseling
TO REGISTER Go to this link and fill out the attached form. You can register the day of the event. http://www.chicagoismykindofsound.com/Real%20Men.2012.participant_packet.7.2012.pdf
~~~For more information, Contact: Cynthia Phillips at 773.371.3661 or emai at phillipc@metrofamily.org