099 When boys become Men: Recognizing what’s necessary!

RealTalk with The6thman

A potential factor to consider in reaching Black male youth is recruiting Black men to serve as mentors in order to provide Black boys with successful models from their community. Multiple assessments have been conducted to understand the barriers for African-American men serving as volunteers in youth mentoring programs and the impact is real. Marc Williams started a mentorship program called Young men of Promise and his guest speakers serve as role models as they introduce participants to an alternate blueprint for how to successfully live their lives. Both formal and informal mentoring have the potential to benefit Black boys in a range of areas, including academics, social-emotional well-being, mental health and preventing risky behaviors such as having sex and selling drugs. Group mentoring approaches seem to support Black male youth’s social-emotional development through group processes. This process may be facilitated by connecting Black male youth with mentors who have shared life experiences engaging Black men as mentors has the potential to be useful in this regard. I’m proud of the work Marc is doing up a Bald Eagle Recreation Center for all these years! According to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, an act of domestic violence occurs every 15 seconds in the United States, with four women losing their lives daily. During one year, this equates to more than 10 million women and men. The term “domestic violence” includes felony or misdemeanor crimes of violence committed by a current or former spouse or intimate partner of the victim, by a person with whom the victim shares a child in common, by a person who is cohabitating with or has cohabitated with the victim as a spouse or intimate partner. The ongoing anxiety, depression, emotional distress, eating and sleeping disturbances an physical symptoms, such as headaches and stomach aches. This impacts children the most and we’ve got to let women know it’s ok to talk about it so, they can get the necessary help. National Domestic Violence Hotline can help victims, survivors of domestic violence. Call 1-800-799-7233. You can chat w/ an advocate on their website. There are are few resources in our area such as The Maryland Network Against Domestic Violence and National Network to End Domestic Violence. #therealtalkpodcast