MBK Alliance Stories
My Brother’s Keeper Alliance Celebrates 10 Years of Making a Difference for Black Youth
Relive the most memorable moments and see how President Obama’s White House initiative has expanded across the country.
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Get to know two young men carrying forward the legacy of MBK
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The My Brother’s Keeper Alliance released a Black History Month reading list for young leaders
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Meet an Obama Leader supporting Virginians in need.
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Learn more about Nathan, his experience at Guitars Over Guns, and his plans for the future.
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See how President Obama is supporting youth and making a difference for young men.
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Since 2005, New Life Centers of Chicagoland has addressed the needs of the neighbors surrounding New Life Community Church locations and beyond.
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I am proud to announce that the MBK Alliance is ramping up our efforts to support our MBK Network. The start of these efforts is our nationwide call to action, Freedom Summer 2022. Communities across the country often experience an uptick in youth violence
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Here at the My Brother’s Keeper Alliance, we support communities of color across the United States and Puerto Rico that are taking action to create systemic solutions to the most pressing issues facing boys and young men of color.
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The My Brother’s Keeper Alliance began as a call to action for the nation to address the persistent opportunity gaps boys and young men of color face and to ensure all young people can reach their full potential.
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Change, particularly long-lasting, sustainable change, can never happen in a vacuum.
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We hope you all have had a safe and fulfilling 2021. Through all of this year’s highs and lows, we continued our commitment to serve boys and young men of color, and with your help, we made progress in communities across the country.
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Father's Day
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This past February, we checked in with the Loíza Alliance for Peace, one of our MBK National Impact Community partners, for a virtual site visit about their effort to keep violence in Loíza at all-time lows.
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It’s been seven years since President Obama called on the nation to address the persistent opportunity gaps boys and young men of color face and to ensure all young people can reach their full potential.
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For the past two years, MBK Alliance has been proud to champion the work of our Impact and Seed Community partners, and today announced an additional $1 million investment to support their response to the dual pandemics of COVID-19 and racial injustice.
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I Am My Brother's Keeper
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2020
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Increasing Access to Reliable Transportation in Our Communities with the LyftUp Access Alliance
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Inspiring Hope in Denver, One Student at a Time
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Community Spotlight: MBK Yonkers
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RYSE, our MBK Seed Community Partner based in Richmond, California, opened their doors in 2008 after eight years of youth-led organizing and planning.
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Together with the Joyce Foundation, we hosted a screening of “Just Mercy” on February 24 in Chicago, bringing together hundreds of leading voices from the city to discuss the film’s themes and the potential of restorative justice.
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We were excited to bring MBK Chicago and our Chicago Impact and Seed Partners to the 2020 NBA All-Star festivities in Chicago.
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Meet Leo Mercer! Leo is an artist and community organizer, born and raised in Oakland, California.
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COVID-19 Resources
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President Barack Obama gives remarks on the Trayvon Martin verdict in the James Brady Press Briefing Room on July 19, 2013. President Barack Obama hosts a discussion with Ron Brown College Preparatory High School students.
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MBK Atlanta Relaunches Under Mayor Bottoms’ Leadership
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