{"id":1024,"date":"2013-02-12T10:30:48","date_gmt":"2013-02-12T17:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/carynriswold\/?p=1024"},"modified":"2013-02-12T10:21:16","modified_gmt":"2013-02-12T17:21:16","slug":"black-history-is-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/carynriswold\/2013\/02\/black-history-is-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Black History is Now"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

\"\"<\/a>Over at SoulRevision<\/a><\/em>, Kim Moore is taking a new angle on the standard Black History Month<\/a> profiles:<\/p>\n

During Black History Month we spend a lot of time talking about our wonderful black pioneers of the past<\/strong> (MLK, Malcolm X, W.E.B. Du Bois etc),\u00a0and the paths they\u2019ve paved for us and how they\u2019ve helped shape our future. However,\u00a0I believe in progression and I feel it\u2019s time that we start talking about what\u00a0WE are doing, what\u00a0WE can do and how\u00a0WE can work together to be great!<\/strong> I also know that there are many other African Americans that have accomplished great things that we don\u2019t highlight. Many times when we highlight African American accomplishments, people feel as though it\u2019s not tangible; meaning these people are held in such high regard that they\u2019re almost untouchable and many have passed on.\u00a0I can\u2019t recall a time where we actually sat and talked about people, especially young people, who are giving us something to aspire to everyday.<\/strong>\u00a0I want to highlight the work that young African Americans are doing on a level that we\u00a0all can relate to.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And to that end, her first<\/a> profile this month is of Howard Jean.\u00a0 Here are some highlights:<\/p>\n

From 2008 to 2011, Howard served as Director of the Call Me MISTER program at Cheyney University of Pennsylvania. The MISTER (Mentors Instructing Students Towards Effective Role Models) is a collegiate program designed to encourage and support African American males to dedicate their lives to becoming role models in the field of education<\/strong>. As a product and partner with the program for the past 11 years, Jean created a pilot and complimentary program for women interested in teaching Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM).<\/strong> The program is entitled Teach STEM Scholarship Project (TS2 Project) and is in its 4th year of programming. In 2012, Howard served as the Executive Director of Communities In Schools of Augusta Richmond County in which he supported in increasing the graduation rates of high school students in the Richmond County Public School System<\/strong>, utilizing \u201cRace To The Top\u201d Funding.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In response to Kim\u2019s question, \u2018what does being a black man mean to you?<\/em>\u2019 Howard replies:<\/p>\n

\u201cThe complexities that exist within our culture as men who are black are results of hardships, institutionalized agendas, psychological conditioning and generations of damaged souls. Those same complexities and misfortunes produced some of the world\u2019s most iconic, talented, controversial, dynamic & strongest human beings.<\/strong> \u00a0America has dealt us an interesting hand that we\u2019ve learned how to manipulate and because I\u2019m a betting man who sees that images of success have an uncanny resemblance to me; betting on black are the only odds I chose to play. I\u2019m playing to win and for keeps.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

For more, head over to SoulRevision\u2019s Spotlight on Greatness<\/a><\/em> series.<\/p>\n

Image via<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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