My Brother’s Keeper Alliance announces “Communities to Watch”

The following communities received significant consideration as part of the Community Challenge Competition but we are unfortunately unable to financially support them at this time. However, each of these organizations has a strong track record of working on behalf of boys and young men of color and presented promising plans to scale or replicate evidence-based interventions. We’re delighted to highlight them below for others to learn about their tremendous work.

Key partners include: Amistades Inc., Boys and Girls Club of Tucson, Big Brothers Big Sisters Tucson

Key partners include: Sequoia Union High School, San Mateo County Office of Probation, Gardner Center at Stanford University

Key partners include: Black to the Future, Phoenix Project, The Pacific Islander Task Force, Roadmap to Peace

Key partners include: Long Beach Boys and Girls Club, Uptown Business District of Long Beach, 100 Black Men of Long Beach

Key partners include: The Mayor’s Office of Children’s Affairs, Denver Public Schools, MENTOR Colorado, the Denver Foundation, Campaign for Black Male Achievement, Cities United, Bloomberg Associates and National League of Cities

Key partners include: The city of Las Vegas, Clark County Department of Juvenile Justice Services and the Clark County School District

Key partners include: MENTOR IR, Media Culture Marketing & PR (MBWE), Ebony Suns, LLC, Rising Sons/ OnesUp (MBWE),Community College of Philadelphia (CCP)

Key partners include: Office for African American Male Engagement, Safe Streets program, Annie E. Casey Foundation, Plank Industries; Family League, Baltimore City Public Schools, Mayor’s Office of Employment Development

Key partners include: Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Park District

Key partners include: MENTOR Illinois, The Center for Childhood Resilience at Lurie Children’s Hospital

Key partners include: Young Chicago Authors, Move Me Soul, The Simple Good

Key partners include: National Louis University, MENTOR Illinois

Key partners include: Southwest Organizing Project, Beyond the Ball, Catholic Charities, Lawndale Christian Legal Center

Key partners include: Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice, Legal Assistance Foundation, Austin Career Education Center

Key partners include: Chicago Public Schools, Students in Temporary Living Situations

Key partners include: Circuit Court of Cook County, Heartland Alliance, Enlace Chicago

Key partners include: Edna Martin Center, Marion County Juvenile Justice department, Indianapolis Urban League

Key partners include: Louisville Metro Government Office for Safe and Healthy Neighborhoods, University of Louisville Hospital, Louisville Metro’s Youth Detention Services

Key partners include: Minnesota Alliance with Youth, MENTOR Minnesota, Minneapolis Public Schools Office of Black Male Student Achievement

Key partners include: Race & Opportunity Lab, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Eastern Missouri, Better Family Life, Inc.

Key partners include: MBK Newark, The Opportunity Youth Network, National CARES Mentoring Movement

Key partners include: Young Men’s Initiative (YMI), NYC Opportunity, Youth Communications

Key partners include: Columbus Urban League, Boys and Girls Clubs of Columbus, City Year, The Ohio State University

Key partners include: Metro Nashville Public Schools, Knowledge Academies

Key partners include: Big Brothers Big Sisters of Puget Sound, Seattle CARES, Seattle Public Schools

Key partners include: The City of Milwaukee’s Black Male Achievement Advisory Committee, Milwaukee Public Schools, Mentor Greater Milwaukee, Employ Milwaukee