The Boys Initiative

THE BOYS INITIATIVE ANNOUNCES APOINTMENT OF PRESTIGIOUS PANEL TO GUIDE GROUNDBREAKING PROJECT ON ADOLESCENT MALE HEALTH

Wed, Jan 23, 2013 17:57 CET

Washington, DC – January 23, 2013 – Today The Boys Initiative announced the appointment of David L. Bell, MD, MPH, Arthur Elster, MD, MJ, and Arik Marcell, MD, MPH to serve as founding members of the steering committee to guide its groundbreaking project Health Guidelines for Adolescent and Young Adult Males . Dr. Bell has joint appointments at Columbia University’s schools of medicine and public health. An adolescent medicine physician, he is the medical director of the Young Men’s

IT’S TIME TO GET SERIOUS ABOUT BOYS AND YOUNG MEN OF COLOR - MINORITIES NOW CONSTITUTE A MAJORITY

Thu, May 17, 2012 17:59 CET

The Boys Initiative’s Minority Male Youth 2050 project aimed at addressing issueWashington, DC – May 17, 2012 – Today the Census Bureau released a set of estimates showing that for the first time 50.4 percent of our nation's population younger than age 1 were minorities as of July 1, 2011. This is up from 49.5 percent from the 2010 Census taken April 1, 2010. A minority is anyone who is not single-race non-Hispanic white. At the same time, achievement is declining among minority males. Today among males, only 28%

National Campaign to Advance Achievement among Boys and Young Men Announces Launch of Minority Male Youth 2050

Wed, Nov 16, 2011 15:00 CET

Project will focus on solutionsWashington, DC – November 16, 2011 - The Boys Initiative (www.theboysinitiative.org) today announced the launch of its project Minority Male Youth 2050 with the appointment of the project steering committee. Achievement is declining among all young males, regardless of race or ethnicity. With that said, the risk factors for underachievement are most pronounced among minority males. By 2020 the combined minority population in grades K-12 will exceed the white population. By 2050 Hispanics will comprise a majority of the US population. Yet today among males,

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