My Brother’s Keeper

Under the Fatherhood and Mentoring initiative this program falls right in with our partnership efforts in working with boys and young men of color to ensure that they can reach their full potential. See “MBK Community Challenge: How your community can Step up” which shows a game plan of community engagement.  Also, as you prepare your mentoring curriculum include the areas listed below.   Feel free to take advantage of the information and the identified resources to assist you in your work.  If you have questions call me or any member of the International Fatherhood and Mentoring Committee.

Bro. Robert Fairchild

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President Obama launched the My Brother’s Keeper initiative to address persistent opportunity gaps faced by boys and young men of color and ensure that all young people can reach their full potential.

Through this initiative, the Administration is joining with cities and towns, businesses, and foundations who are taking important steps to connect young people to mentoring, support networks, and the skills they need to find a good job or go to college and work their way into the middle class.

My Brother’s Keeper is focused on six milestones:

All children should have a healthy start and enter school ready – cognitively, physically, socially, and emotionally.

All children should be reading at grade level by age 8 – the age at which reading to learn becomes essential.

All youth should receive a quality high school education and graduate with the skills and tools needed to advance to post-secondary education or training.

Every American should have the option to attend post-secondary education and receive the education and training needed for the quality jobs of today and tomorrow.

Anyone who wants a job should be able to get a job that allows them to support themselves and their families.

All youth and young adults should be safe from violent crime; and individuals who are confined should receive the education, training, and treatment they need for a second chance.