SPACE ON THE EAST AND WESTBOUND LANES SO STILL SO FAR SO GOOD FOR A MONDAY MORNING COMMUTE
AS YOU KEEP YOUR SON TOYOTA
TIME SAVER TRAFFIC MELANIE
RACE, ALL RIGHT ALINA THANK YOU
SO IT IS BLACK HISTORY MONTH
AND IT GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY
TO TALK ABOUT.
>>LENA PRINGLE: HISTORY
IN GENERAL. WE’RE CELEBRATING
BLACK CULTURE THIS MORNING
MCDONNELL’S AWARDED $15,000 AND
GOLDEN GRANTS THEY
CALL IT. THE 4 OUTSTANDING
SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS IN NORTH FLORIDA
AND ALSO IN SOUTH GEORGIA.
NOW OF
THOSE 4 ONE OF THE WINNERS, THE
EMBODY PROGRAM FROM DELTA
SIGMA, THETA
SORORITY INCORPORATED THAT
PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO INCREASE
THE NUMBER OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN
MALES WHO GO TO COLLEGE OR
VOCATIONAL SCHOOL AFTER HIGH
SCHOOL. SO JOINING ME NOW TO
TALK ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF
THIS PROGRAM AND BODY IS
THE CHAIRWOMAN.
>> RHONDA MOTLEY AND MENTEE
KAYLA MOTLEY GOOD MORNING TO
YOU BOTH.
RUN OF THIS IS A NATIONAL INITIATIVE FOR THE SORORITY TELL US HOW IT IS WORKING TO
ADDRESS YOU KNOW SOME OF THE
INVISIBLE CHALLENGES FOR BLACK
MALES.
>> YES, WELL EMBODY STANDS
FOR EMPOWERING MAILED TO BUILD
OPPORTUNITIES FOR
DEVELOPING INDEPENDENCE AND
WHAT WE STRIVE TO DO IN A
JACKSONVILLE AND THE CHAPTER
WITHIN BODY. PORTION OF OUR
PROGRAM WORKING WITH OUR YOUNG
MALES AGES, 13 TO 18 TO EXPOSE
THEM TO COLLEGE AND OTHER
EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
BEYOND HIGH SCHOOL. THEY
PROBABLY WOULDN’T GET. WANT TO
KNOW ANY ANY
OTHER TIME. SO WE KNOW THAT
BLACK BOYS IN JACKSONVILLE
FLORIDA ARE SIGNIFICANTLY LESS
LIKELY TO GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL,
A TEEN COLLEGE OR EVEN
COMPLETE COLLEGE. AND MOREOVER
THOSE THAT ARE IN DUVAL COUNTY
ARE SIGNIFICANTLY MORE LIKELY
TO BE A VICTIM
A PREDATOR OR
BALANCE SO OR EVEN HAVE A
CRIMINAL RECORD BY THE AGE OF
30 SO WE STRONGLY TO
ELIMINATE THOSE DAUNTING
OUTCOMES FOR I THINK MEANS IN
BEING A MOTHER OF 2 IS THAT OF
2 MALES, 2 BLACK MALES IS VERY
IMPORTANT FOR ME TO BE A PART
OF THIS PROGRAM TO THE AGE TO
ENSURE THAT BLACK MALES
AND.
>>LAUREN VERNO: THE CHAIN AND
YOU KNOW THIS TIME OF YEAR IN
THE DUVAL COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM
SO YOU’RE DEFINITELY WELL AWARE
I WANT TO BRING CALEB INTO THAT
CONVERSATION NOW SO YOU KNOW
LAST YEAR
FOR YOU SO MANY THINGS WERE
SPOTLIGHTED THAT COMMUNITIES
NECESSARILY DID KNOW ABOUT ALL
COMMUNITIES. I SHOULD SAY
YOU KNOW THERE WERE PROTESTS
SPOTLIGHTING BLACK MEN AND
WOMEN POLICE SHOOTINGS, A
LOT OF THE DISPARITIES IN THE
BLACK COMMUNITY SO KAYLA.
DID YOU FEEL HEARD A LITTLE
MORE DURING THIS TIME.
>> CI DAY. I FELT LIKE I WAS LIKE NO OTHER SPECIALLY I FEEL LIKE WE’RE ABLE TO BE
HARRY AND I AS ONE WE COULD
COME TOGETHER WITHOUT ANY IT
WAS PEACEFUL PROTESTS AND I’M
REALLY GLAD ON THAT AND THEY
HELP WITH THE HELP
OF SOMEBODY. THEY HAVE FOCUSED
TO REALLY BUILD HER SO SO
MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY TO KNOW
AS BLACK MALES WE HAVE OUR
RIGHTS AND THEY HAVE REALLY
TEASE AS
A LOT.
>>LAUREN VERNO: YEAH, AND I
KNOW YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT THE
DIVERSITY TO THAT WE SAW IN
SOME OF
THOSE PROTESTS. RHONDA YOU KNOW
BUILDING UP CONFIDENCE IS SO
IMPORTANT FOR YOUNG PEOPLE IN
GENERAL. I PERSONALLY BELIEVE
COMMUNICATION IS
SO KEY. SO WHAT ARE SOME OF THE
SKILLS THAT YOU ARE TEACHING
AND SOME OF THE YOUNG SKILLS
YOU THINK YOUNG BLACK MEN AND
MEN IN GENERAL NEED TO ADOPT.
>> SO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT
WE’VE DONE WE THAN IN THE PAST
WE’VE
PROTESTING THE POLICE
PEACEFULLY SO WE WORK WE
PARTNER WITH THE DUVAL COUNTY
SCHOOL BOARD POLICE
AND WORK WITH THE YOUNG MEAN
THEY SPOKE AT THE SCHOOL BOARD
MEETING THEY WERE WITH THEIR
SORROWS IN
THEIR SCHOOLS, WE’VE DONE
FINANCIAL PLANNING IN MONEY
MANAGEMENT WITH THEM TO
TEACH THEM. HOW TO
BECOME ENTREPRENEURS TO START A
WEB SITE TO MANAGE YOUR MONEY
RECENTLY LAST WEEK AND THE
WEEKEND BEFORE LAST WE DID A
MENTAL HEALTH SYMPOSIUM IN
WE’VE GOT THAT NOW WAS
OWN KEY OR WHERE WE ARE RIGHT
NOW WITH COVID AND EVERYTHING
IN BUILDING THEIR COMPANIES AND
LET HIM KNOW THAT BIG BOYS
DO CRY AND IN PARTNERING WITH
ORGANIZATIONS LIKE OMEGA PSI
PHI KAPPA EPSILON. AND THOSE
AND HELPING TO MENTOR THE
7 MILLION THAT HAS HELPED BUILD
THE
>> EACH AND EVERY ONE OF OUR
YOUNG MEAN THAT WE’RE WORKING
WITH THIS YEAR ALL RIGHT AND
$5,000 CAN GO A LONG WAY I KNOW
FOR
AN ORGANIZATION SO JUST A FEW
THINGS ARE ONE THING THAT
YOU’LL BE ABLE TO USE THIS
GRANT FOR.
>> SO THIS
YEAR FOCUSES ON SPAM SO WE HAVE
BEEN LOOKING AND THE SCIENCE
TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING AND MATH
AND COMING UP ON THE
FIRST SATURDAY. SCIENTISTS
TICKETS
AREA FEBRUARY. IN BODY PROGRAM
WILL START TO LOOK AT
ENGINEERING AND WE ARE
PURCHASING ROBOTS ORION NEED TO
DO SO WE’RE COMPLETELY VIRTUAL
NOW BECAUSE OF COVID
SO WE HAVE SOME ENGINEERS FROM
BOEING WILL BE BOWING TO RING
AND THEY WILL BE SHOWN AGAIN
MEAN HOW TO PUT TOGETHER ROBOT
SO THAT WILL HELP A LONG
WAY WITH AND PURCHASING
THOSE ROBOTS FOR OUR YOUNG MEN
ALL SOME DELTA SIGMA THETA
DOING THEIR THING THANK YOU SO
MUCH RIDING KAYLA AND I LIKE
YOUR
PEARLS IT.
>> ALL RIGHT SO THE GOLDEN THEY
WERE AWARDED BASED ON
CREATIVITY INNOVATION AND THE
NEED IN THE COMMUNITY AGAIN
THIS IS HOW MCDONALD’S IS
GIVING BACK THE WINNING
PROGRAMS MUST BE IMPLEMENTED BY
MAY 31ST OF THIS YEAR IF YOU
WANT
TO APPLY AND THEN THE
APPLICATION PROCESS WILL START
IN OCTOBER FOR MORE INFORMATION