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My Brother’s Keeper

Today President Obama will be joined by local and national leaders in business, government, media, and faith communities for the launch of the MY BROTHER’S KEEPER Initiative aimed at empowering boys and young men of color.

The WhiteHouse reports:

Today, from the East Room of the White House, President Obama will launch a new effort aimed at empowering boys and young men of color, a segment of our society which too often faces disproportionate challenges and obstacles to success. These obstacles are found in our schools, our communities, our criminal justice system, our families, and even in the minds of our young people themselves. The President is committed to build a broad coalition of backers to help break down barriers, clear pathways to opportunity, and reverse troubling trends which show too many of our boys and young men of color slipping through the cracks in our society. 

President Obama will sign a Presidential Memorandum today, establishing the My Brother’s Keeper Task Force, an interagency effort, chaired by the Assistant to the President and Cabinet Secretary Broderick Johnson, that will help us determine what public and private efforts are working and how to expand upon them. 

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 President Obama’s Press Conference For 

“My Brother’s Keeper”