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Broken Foster Care Systems Are Leaving Our Youth Lost In Transition

May is National Foster Care Awareness Month, but we need to shine a year-round light on the issues of our nation’s foster children.

Should More Affluent Careers Be Spotlighted on Television?

There are a plethora of young people in the world today that have an undying passion to do something great. However, too often, the shows we watch on television portray careers that primarily focus on one reward – obtaining work is money, and money by any means necessary.

Can you Count to 57 Million? The Importance of Global Education to a Global Future

Around the world 57 million children of primary school age are being left out of the world’s classrooms and at least 250 million primary-aged children, are let in only to leave in a few years, not able to read a single sentence.

Live or Die: We Decide

Do you want to live? Or, do you want to die? This is how I open all of my community talks about health and eating well.

It Takes a Village to Raise a Child

Recently, I attended an open school night event at a public school in Brooklyn, NY as a favor to a friend who is a single mother.

African American Children and Obesity: 4 Steps to Break the Obesity Cycle

A few studies have shown that when one parent in the household is obese, a child is 3 times more likely to be obese.

Paul Ryan and the Language of the Disaffected

So, for some reason, Representative Paul Ryan has spurred a lively national debate about race, racism and poverty. Some people have labeled his comments as racist; some people have labeled him as an unfortunate truth-teller.

The Lessons of Lupita: Word, Sound & Power

For the last few months the world has been enamored by and enchanted with the now Oscar winning actress Lupita Nyong’o.

A Walk Down Memory Lane

On Saturday, Feb. 22, in celebration of Black History Month, the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation (CBCF) collaborated with Instagram to co-host an InstaMeet.

Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Hosts First-Ever Black History Month #CBCFInstaMeet

In celebration of Black History Month, our first-ever InstaMeet tour will feature three significant, African-American historical sites: Ben’s Chili Bowl, the African American Civil War Memorial Freedom Foundation and New Bethel Baptist Church.

Back to Christmas Basics

I think it is time that we re-evaluated our perception of Christmas. I am not saying that there is something wrong with the act of buying gifts for others, for it is a great expression of love but I am saying lets change this environment we have developed where people feel pushed to make bad financial decisions.

What Do Today’s Youth Know About Nelson Mandela?

What will the discussions be as it pertains to civil rights in this country and countries around the world now that Nelson Mandela has passed? What are we encouraging our children to learn?