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1. S.O.S. OUR SONS….OUR RESPONSIBILITY Sponsors’ Breakfast April 2, 2011 Double Tree Hotel Carson CA Dr. John Hamilton-Keynote Speaker New Perspectives Community Services, Inc.

2. Our Sons….Our Responsibility The impetus of Our Sons…Our Responsibility was to help change the life-paths of young men living and attending schools in underserved neighborhoods. This program will help provide scholarships to deserving students in an effort to decrease the high dropout rates of young men in these communities. New Perspectives Community Services, Inc.

3. Additionally the young men will develop tools and skills aligned with career paths they have interest in. The final component is the mentoring opportunities the young men are presented with. This life changing event is being guided by individuals like each of you in this room today. Individuals with a passion to support and change underserved communities for the better one student at a time… New Perspectives Community Services, Inc.

4. Academic/Social Outcomes of Our Males New Perspectives Community Services, Inc.

5. Nationally, only about two-thirds of all students who enter 9th grade graduate with regular high school diplomas four years later Orfield, G., Losen, D.J., Wald, J., & Swanson, C. B. (2004). Losing our future: How minority youth are being left behind by the graduation rate crisis. Cambridge, MA: The Civil Rights Project at Harvard University. See also: Losen, D.J. (2005, December). Racial inequity in graduation rates. Research presented during Connect for Kids and National Education Association conference call on the Dropout Crisis. Greene, J.P., & Winters, M.A. New Perspectives Community Services, Inc.

6. Other student groups graduate at the following rates: • American Indian 51% • Latino 53% • White 75% • Asian and Pacific Islander 77% • But there were enormous disparities among state graduation levels and even larger disparities by ethnicity and gender within the same states. New Perspectives Community Services, Inc.

7. African American Males For males, these figures are far lower. In 2001, on average, 72% of female students, but only 64% of male students graduated. African American students had a graduation rate of 50%. The lowest of racial and ethnic groups identified. Orfield, G. (Ed.). (2004). Dropouts in America: confronting the graduation rate crisis. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Education Press, p. 1. See also: Swanson, C.B. (2004). Who graduates? Who doesn’t? A statistical portrait of public high-school graduation. Washington, DC: The Urban Institute. New Perspectives Community Services, Inc.

8. Negative Consequences…. • Three-quarters of state prison inmates are dropouts, • 59% of federal inmates are dropouts, • Dropouts are 3.5 times more likely than high school graduates to be incarcerated in their lifetime. • African American men are disproportionately incarcerated. • Of all African American male dropouts in their early 30s, 52% have been imprisoned. • 90% of the 11,000 youth in adult detention facilities have no more than a 9th grade education. Coalition for Juvenile Justice. (2001). From the prison track to the college track. Washington, DC: Author. New Perspectives Community Services, Inc.

9. Negative Consequences…. • The earning power of dropouts has been in an almost continuous decline over the past three decades. • In 1971, male dropouts earned $35,087 (in 2002 dollars), but this fell 35% to $23,903 in 2002. • Earnings for female dropouts fell from $19,888 to $17,114.16 • The mean earnings of Latino young adults who finish high school are 43% higher than those who dropout. US Bureau of the Census. (2002). Educational attainment in the United States. Washington, DC, Table 9. New Perspectives Community Services, Inc.

10. Negative Consequences…. The earnings gap widens with years of schooling and formal training. • In 2003, annual earnings of male dropouts fell to $21,447. • High school graduates earned an average of $32,266 • Those with an associate’s degree earned $43,462 • Those with Bachelor’sa degree earned $63,084—about triple that of dropouts. Center on Education Policy and American Youth Policy Forum. (2001). Higher learning = higher earnings. Washington, DC: Center on Education Policy and American Youth Policy Forum. New Perspectives Community Services, Inc.

11. Our Sons….Our Responsibility! New Perspectives CEO, Dr. David Morrow, delivers the welcome and opening address New Perspectives Community Services, Inc.

12. Our Sons….Our Responsibility! Southern California Edison’s , Greg Wallace, keynote speaker and event sponsor prepares to deliver powerful message New Perspectives Community Services, Inc.

13. Last Year’s Event (2010) New Perspectives Community Services, Inc.

14. Our Sons….Our Responsibility! Attendees and participants at opening activity listening to keynote speaker New Perspectives Community Services, Inc.

15. Our Sons….Our Responsibility! Pastor Brian Kennedy working in one of the many breakout sessions geared at changing the negative life path of young men. New Perspectives Community Services, Inc.

16. Our Sons….Our Responsibility! Pastor Brian Kennedy working in one of the many breakout sessions geared at changing the negative life path of young men. New Perspectives Community Services, Inc.

17. Our Sons….Our Responsibility! ElstonPyne delivering small group information to young men about the responsibilities of fathers. New Perspectives Community Services, Inc.

18. Our Sons….Our Responsibility! Charles Lockett breaks down life lessons to the group into understandable real talk New Perspectives Community Services, Inc.

19. Our Sons….Our Responsibility! Los Angeles Police Department, Los Angeles Fire Department, Los Angeles Police Department Cadets, L.A. Mayor’s Office Representative, and other supporters prepare for the opening of the Our Sons…Our Responsibility Summit. New Perspectives Community Services, Inc.

20. Arkansas Ice Tea’s Founder& CEO, and event sponsor, Kenny Robinson New Perspectives Community Services, Inc. (Photo Courtesy of Inland Valley News)

21. Our Sons….Our Responsibility! CEO of EdEquity, Dr. Edwin Javius delivers a powerful closing keynote address at Our Sons….Our Responsibility! New Perspectives Community Services, Inc.

22. Prizes Donated By Our Sponsors New Perspectives Community Services, Inc.

23. Our Sons….Our Responsibility! Networking Opportunities…. New Perspectives Community Services, Inc.

24. Our Sons….Our Responsibility! Networking Opportunities… New Perspectives Community Services, Inc.

25. S.O.S. Our Sons…Our Responsibility! Photos Courtesy of Inland Valley News New Perspectives Community Services, Inc.