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PAUL ROBESON INSTITUTE
FOR
POSITIVE
SELF-DEVELOPMENT
(PRI)
The
Paul Robeson Institute For Positive Self-Development. PRI involves
boys ages 7 through young adult in the Paul Robeson
Academy (grades 3 - 6), the Boys to Men Program
(grades 7 - 8), and the D-Two Program (grades 9 -12).
PRI
is on hiatus for the summer, another fun, exciting and purposeful
PRI season will begin in October 2008 at the new John D. O'Bryant
African-American Institute at Northeastern University.
Directions
Check back soon for 2008-2009
dates.
Download
Application Form (PDF)
Parent's
Committee
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In
the Fall of 1989, The Concerned Black Men of Massachusetts,
Inc. (CBMM), under the leadership auspices of its Standing Committee
on Education initiated The Paul Robeson Institute for Positive
Self-Development. The Paul Robeson Institute was founded to
provide a vehicle of educational, emotional and personal support
to young Black males and their families. Predicated on the grounds
that Black children and their families are at acute risk in
today's society, the Institute was formed to provide a range
of early intervention and self-awareness options for elementary
age (between 9-18) youth and their families. |
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In
an effort to create an environment to combat today's disinterest
in learning; to negate the celebration of violence and self-destruction;
to eradicate the need for substance abuse dependency; and to
offset the enhancement of negative self-image reinforcement,
CBMM assertively modeled formation of an infrastructure that
targets striving for Excellence in mind, body and spirit as
a paramount goal for daily living for youth and their families.
The Institute is modeled in name and spirit after an African-American
male whose life's work served as a paragon of achievement, strength,
intellect, sensitivity, and self-conviction sufficient to overcome
tremendous odds. |
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In
a time when peer group pressure has supplanted the role of family
as the primary influence shaping a child's life and values;
when the loss of self-esteem becomes the normal course of development
in a child's life from pre-school onward; and when mass media
becomes the pabulum for value Information and verification of
family and church, there is a critical need for leadership,
mentorship and positive role model exposure that challenges
the apathy and fear governing the lives of our youth, their
families and communities. The Paul Robeson Institute for Positive
Self-Development is designed to offer longitudinal strategic
alternatives to these by-products of centuries of neglect and
institutional racism. |
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