President Obama Launches "My Brother's Keeper"

Trouble viewing this e-mail? View it in your browser. Dear Colleagues, We're all still excited by President Obama's announcement of the launch of My Brother's Keeper, a new public-private partnership focused on young men of color. At BMAfunders we're tracking the latest news related to this initiative, as well as the philanthropic response. We've compiled the highlights on our web site. Here's a snapshot:   Response From Funders Executives’ Alliance Statement From the Executives’ Alliance on the New White House Initiative, My Brother’s Keeper Atlantic Philanthropies Atlantic Joins the White House and Leading Foundations to Expand Opportunities for Young Men of Color W.K. Kellogg Foundation W.K. Kellogg Foundation Applauds President Obama’s Young Men of Color Initiative Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Maisha Simmons Coming to the Rescue of Young Men of Color Knight Foundation Ten Leading Foundations Join Forces to Expand Opportunity for Young Men of Color Open Society Foundations, Ken Zimmerman A New Milestone for America’s Young Men of Color Association of Black Foundation Executives, Susan Taylor Batten Black Men and Boys: Keeping Our Eyes on the Prize News The Root, February 27, 2014 How Obama Plans to ‘Keep’ His ‘Brothers’ PBS NewsHour, February 27, 2014 How Should the U.S. Improve Opportunity for Young Men of Color? (Gwen Ifill interviews W.K. Kellogg Foundation’s Gail Christopher) New York Times, February 27, 2014 Obama Starts Initiative for Young Black Men, Noting His Own Experience HuffPost Black Voices, Valerie Jarrett, February 27, 2014 My Brother’s Keeper: A New White House Initiative to Empower Boys and Young Men of Color White House Fact Sheet, February 27, 2014 Opportunity for All: President Obama Launches My Brother’s Keeper Initiative to Build Ladders of Opportunity For Boys and Young Men of Color Christian Science Monitor, February 27, 2014 ‘My Brother’s Keeper’: Obama Confronts Obstacles Facing Young Men of Color Yahoo News, February 26, 2014 Obama Embraces a Lifelong Cause: Helping Minority Boys Succeed Washington Post, February 11, 2014 President Obama to launch major new effort to help young minority men What Can You Do? Pledge your commitment to My Brother’s Keeper. Check out the Opportunity Agenda’s communications tools and resources. We're striving to make BMAfunders.org a collective space for sharing knowledge and information in the field of black male achievement. Feel free to share any content with us that you think might be useful to the field at bmafunders@foundationcenter.org. Sincerely, The BMAfunders.org team foundationcenter.org