Mothers of black boys, dead or alive, live with an unspoken sadness due to the loss of their children’s perceived innocence.
I Drum Because I’ve Exhausted All Words
A drum solo tribute to black men and boys brutalized by police.
A Question About the Darrin Manning Case That Still Hasn’t Been Answered
Why hasn’t the racial makeup of the grand jury convened for Darrin Manning’s case been disclosed?
Why Being Told I Was a Good Gospel Drummer Changed the Way I Play
Never label who you are, or what you can become. Live boundlessly and dream big, because the sky is not the limit, it’s the starting point.
Why I Can’t Watch the Video of the NYPD Murdering Eric Garner
Taxpayer-funded hate crimes, like the murder of Eric Garner, is particularly traumatizing to blacks who are already distrustful of police.
Black Philadelphians and Their Ungodly Fear of Police
Despite the repeated testimony from black Philadelphians who cite a fear of the police, officials won’t acknowledge their trauma and instead suggest they just do what their told to avoid harm or death.
This Millennial Doesn’t See a Warzone When He Looks at Chicago
Richard Taylor rejects the idea that Chicago needs military presence.
Why Philadelphia is Ground Zero for Problems and Opportunity
From its cash-strapped school district and embattled police department, to its eye-popping poverty and unemployment rates, Philly presents real challenges and opportunities for those bold active citizens who dare to engage and transform the system.
When Parents Tell Their Kids They Have No Value
Stop saying children should been seen and not heard, they have a voice!
How I Make the Three R’s of the Environment Work for Business
A 100% paperless news organization, Techbook Online reduces its reliance on trees, reuses its stories across markets and recycles its library quarterly into a color-coded Techbook called TABS™
Why These are the Golden Days for Green Solutions
If environmental decline is linked to global poverty and climate action is liked to economic development, wouldn’t the present be considered the golden days for green solutions?
Why These Two Millennial Thought Leaders Used Instruments to Teach Entrepreneurship
B.O.L.D members Christopher “Flood the Drummer” Norris and Rashaun “DJ Reezey” Williams are engaging youth through a unique form of edutainment and storytelling.
Why Drumming is a Sport
B.O.L.D members Christopher “Flood the Drummer®” Norris and Isaiah Thomas, both millennial thought-leaders, pontificate on categorizing drumming as a sport.
What the Star of ‘The Purge: Anarchy’ Had to Say About Guns and Violence
Actor Frank Grillo, despite his marksmanship as Leo in “The Purge: Anarchy,” isn’t a fan of guns.
Why Astro Is More Excited About the Big Picture than the Big Screen
Star of Earth to Echo, Brian “Astro” Bradley is trying his hand at films; but his passion lies with the music that truly takes him out of this world.+3+936
Why I Put 10 Years on My Back to Play Show & Tell at Microsoft’s YouthSpark Live
I carried the last 10 years of my life in a book bag in order to illustrate to teens and millennials that successful entrepreneurship is about building a culture of achievement, not branding. — When former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer last year announced Microsoft YouthSpark, a company-wide, global initiative to create opportunities for 300 million youth…