MY Lansing MBK 1 Year Progress Report

MY Lansing MBK 1-Year Progress Report June 15, 2015

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Acknowledgements On behalf of Mayor Virg Bernero and the team at the City of Lansing, we extend our thanks to the team at the White House. We appreciate the national technical assistance providers who have contributed knowledge and expertise on our journey to refine and implement the MY Lansing MBK Action plan over the past six months.

A special thanks to the team at PolicyLink for holding us accountable not just to take action, but to concentrate on transformative action that results in equitable outcomes for all children. Not just for their sake; for all of our sakes.

To Iric Headley (IN), Antonio Smith (MN), Allen Kwabena Frimpong (NJ), Ahmad Greene (NY), Frank McGhee (MI), and Chauncy Williams (MI): I see you.

Suggested Citation: Waters Austin, A. (2015). My Lansing MBK 1-Year Progress Report. Lansing, MI: One Love Global.

YOUTH PANEL AT THE WHITE HOUSE NATIONAL MBK CONVENING FEBRUARY 2015

ANGELA GLOVER BLACKWELL AND ANGELA WATERS AUSTIN AT GAMELIEL RACE & POWER SUMMIT 2015


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Organizing for Collective Action

Closing the Regional Gap in Economic

Equity

Closing Gaps Across MBK Milestones

Pathways to Economic

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Building Capacity for

Impact & Sustainability

Organizing for Action Page 6

Closing the Regional Gap in Economic Equity Page 10

Closing Gaps Across Milestones Page 13

Pathways to Economic Equity Page 21

Building Capacity for Impact and Sustainability Page 32


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MAYORS YOUNG LANSING & MY BROTHERS KEEPER Inspired by the release of President Obamas vision for My Brothers Keeper, MY Lansing launched in June 2014 as a multi-sector partnership. The youth and community-designed action plan was released by Mayor Virg Bernero at a press conference held at Lansing City Hall. The press conference was

followed by a community engagement event with over 1,000 Lansing neighbors in attendance.

The Saving Our Sons campaign and community engagement event was organized by NEON (Nurturing Early On is Necessary), a coalition of parents and community organizers working with others to break down barriers and take control of the conditions in which they are raising their children. The call to the community was held at Sexton High School in the Lansing School District with the support of Ingham Great Start Collaborative, Peace & Prosperity Youth Action Movement, Lansing Clergy Forum and a variety of service providers.

Mayor Virg Bernero was one of the 1st in the nation to accept the MBK Challenge. MY Lansing MBK embraced all 6 MBK Milestones as part of a regional cradle-to-college, career and civic engagement strategy. Over the past 12 months, MY Lansing MBK has grown to include over 150 partners, allies, and supporters committed to the regions common goal: closing the gap in regional economic equity.


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MY Lansing MBK Partners, Allies & Supporters Our thanks to the many who have contributed ideas, energy and resources to MY Lansing MBK Aaron Harris Adam Williams Aida Cuadrado Alysia Osoff Amber Paxton Amy Kraus Analia Whitehead Andrew Brewer Andy Schor Angela Waters Austin Angela Bennett Angela Glover Blackwell Angela Pruitt Arthuria Watkins Audrey Anderson Austin Jackson Bill Morris Bob Brown Bob Perialas Brent Knight Callie Owens Cameo King Carey McLamara Carlos Riichards Carmen Thomas Carmen Turner Cassandra O'Brien Cedric Griffin Chad Gamble Charles Moore Cheryl D. Grant Chris Hicks Chris Holman Christopher Maxie

Clarence Underwood Corrie Mervyn Dakeyia Scott Dallas Burdick Damian Gregory Daryl Green David Douglas David Maxwell Debbie Edokpolo DeLisa Fountain Denise Brown Chillers Dennis Artis Doak Bloss Dorothy Armstrong Edythe Hatter-Williams Erik Skoksberg Fred Thelen Gary Ashby Gerald Kariem Germaine Redding Gregg Dionne Greta Wells Greta Wu Hakim Crampton Hiram Fitzgerald Isaias Solis James Bell Jamie Griggs Janene McIntyre Jared Cypher Jayme King Jayson Howell Jerissa Owens Jerome Vierling

Joan Jackson Johnson Joe MacDonald Joel Ferguson john a powell John Brown John Joseph Castillo John Melcher John White Joy Gleason JR Lilly Justin Christian Karlin Tichenor Kate Snyder Kendra Gibbs Kerrie Kuzera Kevin Kuzera Kindra Jackson Larry Leatherwood LaShawn Erby Leah Robinon Linda Sanchez-Gazella Linda Lee Tarver Linda Vail Lori Adams Simon Luke Schroeder Lynne Martinez MC Rothhorn Mandeville Berry Marc Philpart Marc Tyler Marcus Brown Marcus Jefferson Marcus McKissic Marilyn Plummer

Mary Harris Maureen Winslow Maurice A. Stepp Maurice Stepp Megan Kursik Melvin Jones Michael Austin Michael McAfee Michael A. Nealon Michael Yankowski Michelle Lewis Michelle Napier-Dunnings Michelle Nicholson Michelle Strasz Micki Furhman Miles McNall Nancy Oliver Nedra Cannon Nordia Campbell Ozay Moore PJ Banks Anderson Peggy Vaughn-Payne Pete Cunningham Rahman Shareef Renee Canady Rex LaMore Rich Lewis Richard Carson Robert Thornton Ronshon Fisher Rueben Martinez Samuel Duncan Jr. Sara Griffon Sarah Anthony

Sarah Britton Sarah Riggs Saturnino Rodriguez Schranda Collier Scott Simon Sean Holland Sean Holland II Shanell Henry Shirin Timms Scott Hughes Stacy Hickox Stan Kogut Stephanie Butler Stuart Dunnings Sylvia Brown Jones Tamara Warren Teresa Kmetz Teresa Stokes Terri Flowers Terri Sanchez Theresa Saunders Tiffany Lemieux-McKissic Tim Daman Tim Lloyd Todd Duckett Toni Glasscoe Vincent Delgado Virg Bernero Virginia Holmes Ward Beard Wendy Boyce Willard Walker Yvonne Camaal Canul Yvonne Young McConnell


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ORGANIZING FOR COLLECTIVE ACTION

Neighborhood Power Drive A series of community events were held between September 2014 and February 2015 to engage neighbors in problem-solving conversations.

Prayer for Peace September 3, 2014 Families, clergy, law enforcement, elected officials and neighbors came together to pledge to work together for peace. Members of the Lansing Clergy Forum agreed to support neighborhood organizing and grassroots leadership development.

GOTV October 4, 2014 Student organizations from Michigan State University canvass neighborhoods to register voters and encourage them to go to the polls.

#blacklivesmatter Forum December 9, 2014 A proactive community forum was scheduled to discuss policing and excessive force. The day before the forum a young Latino man riding in the car with 2 young Black men was shot and killed by a Lansing Township police officer. The Black Lives Matter Lansing coalition was formed to ensure ongoing communication and collaboration with law enforcement.

We Need to Talk February 12, 2015 A video storytelling event to provide an opportunity to the public to share perspectives on race and police-community interaction.


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Quarterly Partner Action Summits In addition to work group meetings focused on MBK milestones and strategic action planning, all partners were invited to participate in quarterly convenings. Quarterly action summits engage partners in updates on progress and ongoing asset alignment across milestones.

Mayor Bernero Accepts MBK Challenge - October 8, 2014 Partners joined Mayor Bernero at City Hall for the official launch of MY Lansing MBK. The MY Lansing Action Plan was reviewed to begin alignment with the MBK Playbook for Action. A packet was provided to partners with work group information, upcoming grant deadlines, and partnerships in development. Sponsors were acknowledged: Lansing Community College and Board of Water & Light.

MBK Mentoring Network Orientation - January 19, 2015 Michigan Community Service Commission joined MY Lansing MBK for the launch of the MY Lansing MBK Mentoring Network as one of 4 grantees in its MBK Michigan Mentoring & Volunteer Generation Fund. The Mentoring Network is a collaborative of mentoring and youth development organizations to build partnerships that will increase readiness for college, career and civic engagement. A new asset alignment tool was distributed to partners to identify the milestone their organization focuses on as well as the pathway to economic equity they will pursue to achieve that milestone. Sponsors were acknowledged: Jackson National Life, Michigan State University, and UAW Region 1D. Mobilizing for Collective Action & Accountability - May 6, 2015 With a focus on 7,204 youth in Lansing Metro ages 16-25 not in school and not working, partners convened to analyze data and develop targeted pathway strategies to close gaps across MBK Milestones. Anchor partners for each milestone were announced. Collective impact strategies already underway were shared by Milestone Anchor Partners.


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CLOSING THE REGIONAL GAP IN ECONOMIC EQUITY In 2012, the Lansing-East Lansing Metro economy would have been $1.19 billion larger if there had been no racial gaps in income. (Source: National Equity Atlas, PolicyLink and PERE)

MY Lansing MBK Common Goal Our goal is to close the racial gap in income by 50%* by 2030 for a regional ROI of $595 million. (Source: Half the Gap, Measure of America) Organizing and Action Framework MY Lansing MBK Pathways to Economic Equity guide strategy development to align action across sectors and systems. Capacity Building Framework MY Lansing MBK utilizes a collective impact framework to build capacity for collaborative action and accountability for results. (Source: Kania and Kramer)

$19.36B $20.55B

Source: National Equity Atlas PolicyLink and PERE


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2030 Goal

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OPPORTUNITY YOUTH

Lansing Metro Opportunity Youth Ages 16-25 n = 7,204

Source: US Census

Black Latino White Asian

THEORY OF ACTION MY Lansing MBK is a three-generation approach to break the cycle of poverty and trauma by dismantling structural barriers.


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Capital Area Michigan Works!

Lansing Police Department

Ingham County Health Department

Ingham Great Start Collaborative

Ingham Great Start Collaborative

Lansing School District

Lansing School District

Lansing Community College

Anchor partners are public agencies with existing funding

and expertise related to the MBK Milestone. Anchor partners work with One Love Global to provide data, expertise and backbone

support for MY Lansing MBK collective action strategies.


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Photo: Rod Sanford, Lansing State Journal


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CLOSING GAPS ACROSS MBK MILESTONES MY Lansing MBK strives to close gaps between the highest outcome and the lowest outcome. Gaps exists by race/ethnicity, geography, economic disadvantage and gender.

There is a 41.9% gap in the percentage of students that reached benchmark during the phonemic awareness segment of the Universal Screening Assessment. The largest gap is between children attending urban preschools that did not work in a Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS) framework and children attending rural preschool programs working in a MTSS framework. (Source: Ingham Intermediate School District)

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In 2013-2014 school year there was a 27.3% gap in 3rd

Grade MEAP proficiency in reading scores between Black boys and White boys attending schools in Ingham Intermediate School District. The gap for Latino boys is 13.7%. (Source: MDE, Center for Performance Indicators)

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Source: MI School Data, MDE Center for Educational Performance and Information

Why This Metric Matters: Student pushout and dropout rates are early indicators of future workforce success. The largest gap in student success across the region is between genders. Boys overall do less well than girls. What transformations are needed to improve educational outcomes for boys? The 2nd largest gap is between racial groups. Black, Latino and American Indian/Indigenous students graduate at much lower rates that Caucasian/White students. As the demographics of our region increasingly become more racially and culturally diverse, closing the gender, race and economic gaps in student graduation rates will drive talent and skilled workforce more than any other indicators. What transformations are needed to close gender, race and income gaps?


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Educational Attainment & Projected State/National-Level Job Education Requirements

Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area (2012) (Source: US Census)

Why this Metric Matters: By 2020, 70 percent of jobs will require at least some college or higher. Regional employers have identified the gap in skills needed for the jobs of today and the future as a major concern. What is our regional response to closing skills gaps for a changing demography? What transformations are needed to close gaps in post-secondary completion while increasing completion rates for all? (Source: National Equity Atlas, PolicyLink and Capital Area Michigan Works!)


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Why this Metric Matters? One has only to turn to the next page to answer this question. The opportunity cost of unemployed neighbors is extremely high. According to the Center for American Progress, youth unemployment creates an additional cost burden for taxpayers in the form of lost revenues, the need for government-provided health care, increased crime, and additional welfare payments. In a recent study commissioned by the White House Council on Community Solutions, researchers estimate that the fiscal cost of the 6.7 million Americans ages 1624 who are neither working nor attending school is $1.6 trillion over their lifetimes. (Source: Ayres Steinberg, Sarah, The High Cost of Youth Unemployment, Center for American Progress, April 2013)


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Total Juvenile Arrests 2012Source: Lansing Police Department

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Striving to be G.R.E.A.T. in Youth Engagement - In 2014 the Lansing Police Department (LPD) expanded on community policing and youth engagement services by revitalizing a comprehensive youth violence and gang involvement prevention program called G.R.E.A.T. (Gang Resistance Education And Training). LPD previously held a federal grant to implement the program within the Lansing School District from 2007-2009. According to data released by the Ingham County Prosecutors Office Lansing had a 16% reduction in youth related crime during the time GREAT was initially implemented in Lansing (population 113,972 [2013]).

From 2014 through 2015 LPD developed and implemented a variety of innovative strategies to enhance community impact of the GREAT program and increase inclusion of multiple community partners. This cooperative approach to facilitating the GREAT program components (Elementary, Middle, Summer, and Families) was specifically designed to focus on efficiency and effectiveness of program efforts through horizontal integration internally and externally with regards to youth and community related services. From 2014 to 2015 (9) LPD GREAT Officers were certified as instructors from various assignments (CPO, SRO, CSO). In the same time frame the GREAT was taught at 10 schools and has graduated (761) 5th graders and (1322) 6th graders; (2083) students collectively.

In May 2014 LPD launched a multi-seasonal approach to the GREAT summer component that offers scheduled and unscheduled recreational outreach in collaboration with a variety of community partners (total =25). By the end of 2015 the GREAT Team and the SPORTSMOBILE are projected to have delivered 120 hours of community service hours outside of the school classroom since 2014 (current accumulation = 64 hours). In Sept October 2014 LPD conducted a pilot of the GREAT Families component in collaboration with Ingham County Circuit Court Family Division and City of Lansing Parks and Recreation; 4 families participated in the program.

On October 1, 2014 Congressman Mike Rogers and Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero proclaimed that date as G.R.E.A.T. Day in the City of Lansing as part of a nationwide initiative to bolster unity and program awareness. GREAT was featured in the 2014 Youth Summit held at Peckham Industries. To round out the 2014 year GREAT Officers and the SPORTSMOBILE were featured in the 30th Annual Silver Bells in the City Parade which is viewed by audience of 80,000 people.

From 2014 to 2015 LPD G.R.E.A.T. received significant in-kind support from various private sector partners (estimated cumulative value of in-kind program donations $37,000 which includes the sponsored program vehicle the GREAT SPORTSMOBILE). This summer, the LPD GREAT program has 22 community outreach events planned to engage our youth during the summer.


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September 2014The community unites in Prayer 4

Peace Back to School Opportunity Fair

August 2014MY Lansing Commission comprised of youth, parents, clergy, business and

government convenes to set course for action plan implementation

July 2014NEON and Peace & Prosperity Youth Action Movement host It Takes a Village

Community Strategy Session for youth and families

June 2014MY Lansing MBK launches action plan with press conference and community

event attended by over 1000 Lansing neighbors.

April 2014One Love Global joins forces with Cool Schools Technologies, LLC to align Peace

& Prosperity Youth Action Movement Servant Leadership curriculum with Michigan Department of Education Common Core Standards.

Timeline of Accomplishments 2014-2015

ONE LOVE GLOBAL & COOL SCHOOLS TECHNOLOGIES, LLC

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December 2014Black Lives Matter Lansing Coalition forms and hosts community forum on use of deadly force

and 21st Century Policing recommendations for action. (M6)

November 2014Lansing Board of Water & Light Accepts the MBK Challenge to partner with MY Lansing MBK to replicate the

1st Step Pre-apprenticeship program across multiple sectors and career pathways (M3-6)

October 2014Lansing Community College

President Brent Knight accepts the MBK Challenge

Peace & Prosperity Youth Action Movement partners with Michigans

Children on Candidate Forum

MSU students lead launch of Neighborhood Power Drive with a voter registration campaign.


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BLACK LIVES MATTER LANSING COALITION HOSTS JUDGE CHERYL D. GRANT FOR DIALOGUE ON LAW ENFORCEMENT REFORM


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March 2015One Love Global relocates to South Lansing to

incubate MY Lansing MBK (M1-M6)

One Love Global partners with Michigan Community Service Commission to spotlight MBK communities on

Michigan Business Networks Equity Equals weekly radio show (M1-6)

February 2015MBK Challenge presented to Ingham County Board

of Commissioners (M1-6)Black Lives Matter Lansing hosts community and

police video storytelling event (M6)

January 2015 MCSC awards One Love Global

funding to create MY Lansing MBK Mentoring Network (M1-M6)

MBK Challenge presented to Lansing School District Board of

Education (M2-3)LCC launches Coalition for

College & Career Readiness (M4)


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June 2015Black Lives Matter Lansing distributes

baseline survey on 21st Century Policing recommended actions (M6)

Peace & Prosperity Youth Action Movement new Common Core-

aligned youth organizing and servant leadership curriculum (M2-6)

Ingham County Board of Commissioners accepts the MBK Challenge by

resolution!

May 2015MY Lansing MBK launches

Campaign for Grade-Level Reading (M1-2)

NEON Lansing hosts book drive for neighborhood-based reading program Ms. Carols Arms (M2-3)

One Love Global, Michigan Community Service

Commission, and Michigan Department of Education

unite. (M1-6)

Facilitation team for male mentoring network

confirmed and announced at quarterly action summit.

April 2015Capital Area Michigan Works! leads partnership to submit American Apprenticeship Initiative

proposal for Capital Area Career Pathways to Registered Apprenticeships (M5)



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PATHWAYS TO ECONOMIC EQUITY The work of achieving the MBK Milestones is organized into six Pathways to Economic Equity: 1) Power 2) Policy, 3) Philanthropy, 4) Program, 5) Practice and 6) Perception. For every MBK Milestone, each pathway must be navigated for transformative change to occur. In the language of collective impact, the pathways represent mutually reinforcing activities that build the power of youth, parents and grassroots community leaders to collaborate with practitioners, policy makers, funders, etc. At each quarterly action summit, MY Lansing MBK partners assess progress on the common agenda and dive deeper into evidence-based strategies.

The focus of the May 2015 action summit was Results-Based Accountability. Due to time constraints the group prioritized Milestones 2 and 6 for results and accountability based on the size of the gaps. Partners expressed a sense of urgency for concurrent action on these two milestones due to the correlation between low literacy and high incarceration rates.

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POWER

1. More community involvement in schools

2. Coaching & Organizing Parents

1. Neighborhood watch as a partnership between community and police

2. Challenge policy that targets non-criminal behavior/nonviolent

3. Organize around policies to mandate increased resources for treatment of substance abuse and addiction


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PATHWAY

POLICY

1. Mandatory pre-school 2. More frequent assessment and support to

incrementally increase skills 3. Need policies to ensure students receive

needed wrap-around services 4. Policy to increase accountability for ESL

students 5. Policies to establish standards for

technological resources

1. Peer Court 2. Restorative Justice 3. Re-examine policy for in-school

suspension/expulsion for more effective based on data

PHILANTHROPY

1. Invest in mentoring 2. Invest in more early influence 3. Invest in schools with emphasis on teachers

and students

1. Invest in 2nd chance programs and restorative justice

2. Invest in problem-solving conflict resolution 3. Invest in after school programs that build real

skills

PRACTICE

1. Equip teachers with instructional evidence-based practices and routines to teach foundational skills of reading

2. Behavior management systems in place 3. Relationships and cultural competence

between teachers, students and families.

1. Trauma-informed collaboration 2. Neighborhood relationship-building

PERCEPTION

1. Have events in schools that promote careers 2. Bring reading volunteers into the school that

reflect community of the child 3. Promote reading technology 4. Promote reading in afterschool programs

1. More understanding of disparity 2. Increasing community relations with police in

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BUILDING CAPACITY FOR IMPACT & SUSTAINABILITY Priorities for 2015-2016 include increasing the capacity of the backbone support team and increasing investment in mentoring, neighborhood engagement, youth leadership and community organizing through budget appropriation, sponsorships, grants and donations. MY Lansing MBK Financial Update (June 1, 2014 June 15, 2015) Revenues

Michigan Community Service Commission* $ 14,757 Ingham Great Start Collaborative (WKKF Grant) $ 20,000 Jackson National Life $ 10,000 Lansing Community College $ 12,500 Lansing Board of Water & Light $ 5,000 Michigan State University $ 5,000 MSU Federal Credit Union $ 2,500 UAW Region 1D $ 500 Soundsgood $ 10 One Love Global (Earned Income from WKKF) $ 33,300 Total $103,567

Expenditures Staff $ 67,634 Programs $ 21,500 Space $ 12,850 Communications $ 1,560 Travel $ 1,142 Supplies $ 900 Administration (CPA, Bank Fees, etc.) $ 1,890 Total $ 107,206

Fund Balance

Total MCSC reimbursement of $3,800 pending $ ( 3,639)

*Michigan Community Service Commission awarded $30,000 for January December 2015 to build a collaborative mentoring and youth development network.


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Willard Walker Rich Lewis Andrew Brewer Kappa Alpha Psi Kappa Alpha Psi Men Making a Difference

MY Lansing MBK Mentoring Network

Facilitation Team

MY Lansing MBK Mentoring Network In January of 2015, Michigan Community Service Commission awarded One Love Global Inc. a grant of $30,000 to create the MY Lansing MBK Mentoring Network. The community of practice network is designed to increase the number of high-quality mentoring opportunities for youth of color that open doors to college, careers and civic engagement.

Regional employers are engaged in the collaborative design of the Mayors Young Lansing/My Brothers Keeper Mentoring Networks summer pre-apprenticeship pilot. MY Lansing MBK partnerships with businesses will provide career-focused mentoring and pre-apprenticeship opportunities for youth in grades 7-12 starting July 11, 2015. The earlier we begin to engage our young people and provide exposure to career options the more likely students are to make a positive connection between what happens in the classroom and their future. Summer mentoring and pre-apprenticeship design partners are asked to commit to a total of 24 hours of one-to-one mentoring over the summer. The ideal mentoring structure will provide monthly workplace job-shadowing and structured work experience, either paid or unpaid.

Peace & Prosperity Youth Action Movement, the Lansing Metro regions first youth-led coalition, is the cornerstone of MY Lansing MBK. Over the past 5 years, 25 youth have participated in an intensive servant leadership training that puts youth in the drivers seat in creating and implementing projects throughout the community. Youth co-facilitate meetings that consist of classroom training and service activities planned with adult and near-peer mentors. Over 90 percent of PPYAM youth leaders have graduated and moved on to post-secondary education and employment. The core training and leadership development provided by PPYAM assures that youth are ready for work-based mentoring and pre-apprenticeship programs. The PPYAM curriculum is aligned with Michigan Department of Education Common Core Standards for Career and Technical Education.


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An MBK Community of Practice Network President Obamas White House MBK Challenge launch in February 2014 set the stage for collective action across communities. With a common agenda, there is increased opportunity to learn and share best practice strategies and solutions. There is also a significant opportunity to build the collective power necessary to transform policies and systems to produce equitable results. The MY Lansing MBK convening team participated in the local action summits in Southfield, Detroit, and Flint. One Love Global provided technical assistance to Muskegon in accepting the MBK Challenge by the April 30 deadline.

PolicyLink is a national technical assistance provider for the recently formed MBK Alliance, a 501c3 nonprofit corporation. PolicyLink has provided technical assistance and coaching for MY Lansing MBK and is now partnering with One Love Global to envision a statewide MBK alliance in Michigan with the Alliance for Boys & Young Men of Color as an organizing model. PolicyLink has a long history in building and supporting state and local initiatives for boys and men of color.

One Love Global is also in partnership with Michigan Community Service Commission, Michigan Department of Education, Cool Schools Technologies, LLC, and Public Policy Associates to develop a system of supports for a statewide MBK community of practice network that would make the resources and evidence-based strategies of MBK available to communities that would like to accept the challenge.

Nationally, an informal community of practice has been initiated between MBK conveners in Fort Wayne, IN: Brooklyn Park, MN: and Lansing, MI. Activities include conference calls, information-sharing and peer support.

DETROIT MBK ACTION SUMMIT MAYOR MIKE DUGGAN

SOUTHFIELD MBK ACTION SUMMIT - REP. BRENDA LAWRENCE


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MY Lansing MBK 1-Year Progress ReportJune 15, 2015Our thanks to the many who have contributed ideas, energy and resources to MY Lansing MBKPrayer for Peace September 3, 2014GOTV October 4, 2014#blacklivesmatter Forum December 9, 2014We Need to Talk February 12, 2015Mayor Bernero Accepts MBK Challenge - October 8, 2014MBK Mentoring Network Orientation - January 19, 2015Mobilizing for Collective Action & Accountability - May 6, 2015In 2012, the Lansing-East Lansing Metro economy would have been $1.19 billion larger if there had been no racial gaps in income. (Source: National Equity Atlas, PolicyLink and PERE)MY Lansing MBK Common GoalEducational Attainment & Projected State/National-Level Job Education RequirementsLansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area (2012)

Documents

MY Lansing MBK 1 Year Progress Report