Black Male Youth Lecture Series

In 2007-08 PSI collaborated with Wheelock College and the Delores Walker Johnson Center for Thoughtful Leadership at ATLAS Learning Communities to document the five-part lecture series The Education of Black Male Youth: Understanding the Social, Emotional, and Learning Lives of Black Male Students.

These lectures built on PSI’s documentation of the 2007 conference A Gathering of Leaders: A Contemplation on the Education of Black Male Students, which convened 30 leaders from single-gender schools for African American boys in order to create a national network focused on the pressing challenges facing boys of color in American schools.

Each of the lectures featured a presentation from a leading practitioner or researcher revolving around the education of black male youth in the United States. The topics presented in the lecture series appear below, along with PSI documentation when available:

Yes We Can, If We Choose: De-Traumatizing Black Boys
October 30, 2007

Boyz to Men? Teaching to Restore Black Boys' Childhood
November 13, 2007
Lecture Notes

Playing with Anger: Engaging the Emotional Lives of Black Boys in Schools
December 10, 2007
Lecture Notes

Why Black Males are So Over-Represented in School Discipline Systems and How This Can Be Changed
January 16, 2008
Lecture Notes

To Be Male, In School and Black: Connections and Consequences of Teacher Beliefs and Practice
March 13, 2008
Lecture Notes

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Key Links & Partners:

Wheelock College

The Coalition of Schools Educating Boys of Color

ATLAS Learning Communities

Conspiracy of Care Blog