All 2020 Chicago 2019 Cook County Boston 2018 2017 2016 2015 Archive Student Stress Levels High,BAM/WOW Reach Out 04/14/2020 BAM/WOW pivot to work virtually address well-being and mental health of students, families. Trib Editorial: Chicago Forward — After the unrest, a role for business leaders to support young people 06/01/2020 Trib: A role for business leaders Support young people Tribune applauds Project Prepare efforts 04/07/2019 Tribune applauds Project Prepare Op Ed applauds Project Prepare “Accountability is taking responsibility for your own actions” 08/07/2019 BAM expands to South Suburbs BAM Expands in Cook County Kevin Hart & NBA's Jimmy Butler 04/07/2019 Kevin Hart and Jimmy Butler Play for BAM WOW Visit HBCUs In Atlanta 11/07/2019 WBBM AM WOW Visit HBCUs In Atlanta BAM Students Curate Art Exhibit 1/20/20 The Daily Free Press MFA recruits teens to assemble major art exhibition BAM's Impact Profound Reports 12/17/19 WCBV 5 (ABC) In a small room in Boston's John D. O’Brien school you won't find fancy computers, but you will find small moments, so profound in just a few years, one could argue generations have been changed. Safe Spaces 12/12/19 Comcast Newsmakers Youth who have experienced trauma can have a hard time both socially and emotionally. The Mental Health Movement for Chicago’s Inner City Youth 11/13/19 Freethink In an environment where seeking help carries a stigma, young men of Chicago have been carrying years of unimaginable trauma and potentially continuing the same dangerous cycles. Until now. Chicago Student Takes Flight 8/7/19 ABC7 WLS Chicago Chicago Air & Water Show Lawmakers Pitch Counseling 8/7/19 08.07.2019 - Daily Southtown Four state lawmakers invite educators to learn about programs offered by Youth Guidance. Annual Letter from Bill & Melinda Gates 2/12/19 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Our Annual Letter - We didn’t see this coming... Chance the Rapper Visits BAM Students Celebrating MLK 1.21.2019 - ABC7 WLS Chicago Mayor Emanuel's Final Budget to Expand, Enhance Youth Mentoring Office of the Mayor Investments will allow for the expansion of youth mentoring programs that have had demonstrable success in violence reduction. Chicago Middle School Students Learn About the Importance of Financial Education 2.13.18 - Lawndale News PODCAST: Power of Good Podcast 21 - Becoming A Man Boston Power of Good - 01.29.2018 Power of Good is a podcast series that highlights the work of people doing great things, caring things, often life-saving things for other people. PHOTOS: Chicago Bulls Host Fitness Clinics at Advocate Center Chicago Bulls - 1.25.2018 Community investment, not punishment, is key to reducing violence Los Angeles Times - 01.25.2018 Mentoring program helps turn Chicago teens into men Cook County Chronicle - 01.08.2018 Mentors describe the positive influence of Chance the Rapper The Current - 01.09.18 Working on Womanhood emphasizes values with Chicago’s teen girls Cook County Chronicle - 12.12.17 Thinking slower, becoming a man Northwestern Now - 12.01.17 Why Bears players like Mitch Trubisky and Eddie Jackson are wearing special cleats on Sunday Chicago Tribune - 12.01.17 Mobile Citizen Spotlight: Hotspots Help Put Chicago’s Youth on the Right Path Voqal - 11.29.17 VIDEO: Meet James from BAM Strange Loop & Uber - 11.17.2017 This Chicago Mentorship Program Is Literally Saving Lives Through Group Therapy Blavity - 11.01.17 Group Therapy Is Saving Lives in Chicago POLITICO - 9.21.17 With $1 million donation, Uber puts its money on Chicago Shia Kapos - 9.7.17 25 Chicago Education Leaders Selected for 2018 Surge Fellowship Surge Institute - 9.5.17 Notable Native: Katie Svaicer The Columbia Chronicle - 9.5.17 VIDEO: WOW Visit with Bria Anderson, Anderson's League of Leaders MLB - 8.18.17 D209 hires nonprofit to engage community Forest Park Review - 8.9.17 North Side Kids Really Need Bikes, Alderman Says In Donation Plea DNAInfo Chicago - 8.9.17 Serve Illinois Announces $17.5 Million For AmeriCorps Programs Serve Illinois - 8.3.17 VIDEO: NowThis WOW Feature 7.30.17 - NowThisNews How Masculinity Training Is Curbing Teen Violence In Chicago Thrive Global - 7.24.17 Winner of the 2017 Abell Award in Urban Policy Abell Foundation - 7.17.17 PHOTOS: Chicago Bulls, Youth Guidance, and Chicago Police Department Host Basketball Tournament NBA - 7.19.17 Could clinical psychology save Baltimore's 'high-risk' youth? The Baltimore Sun - 7.17.17 How Much Money Could Chicago Save By Reducing Violence? Chicago Magazine - 7.17.17 How a Chicago Program Cut Violent Arrests in Half The Atlantic - 6.24.17 VIDEO: ULTA Beauty opens new Mag Mile store ABC7 Chicago - 6.23.17 Boston Launches New Partnership with Becoming A Man Program City of Boston - 6.22.2017 White Sox's Tim Anderson starts youth outreach program in Chicago Chicago Tribune - 6.14.17 The Youth-Counseling Program Helping to Curb Chicago's Violence The Atlantic - 6.13.17 VIDEO: Becoming A Man Program Gets Props From New Study CBS - 4.26.17 Chicago Study Shines Light on Supporting At-Risk Youth PRLog.com - 4.26.17 PHOTOS: Denzel Valentine, Bobby Portis and Mayor Emanuel Visit Parker Community Academy Bulls.com - 3.15.17 VIDEO: Mayor Emanuel attends violence prevention program meeting Chicago Tribune - 2.14.17 VIDEO: Dwyane Wade, Bulls promote peace between Chicago high schoolers and police USA Today - 3.13.17 VIDEO: Bulls Bring Chicago's Youth, Police Together for Basketball Tournament NBC News - 3.9.17 Working on Womanhood with Mayor’s support, expands programs Columbia Chronicle - 3.7.17 PHOTOS: Horace Grant and The Bulls Host Skills Clinic for YG Students Bulls.com - 2.26.17 WOW Expansion Will Reach 1,500 Young Women in 2018 City of Chicago - 2.24.17 RADIO: Hidden Brain: On The Knife’s Edge NPR- 2.21.17 The Social Policy Revolution Starts Here Chicago Magazine - 2.13.17 VIDEO: Inspiring America: Chicago Program Helps Steer Young Men Away From Violence NBC Nightly News - 2.9.17 Silencing the Guns: Peace begins with getting youths to slow down Chicago Sun-Times - 2.3.17 Theo Epstein comes away from mentoring session ‘a better man’ Chicago Sun-Times - 2.1.17 South Side Mentoring Program Inspires Students, Chicago Cubs CBS - 2.2.17 Theo Epstein is not on board with Donald Trump's plan to handle Chicago crime Yahoo Sports - 2.1.17 Rahm Pushes Cubs President To Do More To Help Mentor Kids In Sox Territory DNA Info - 2.1.17 Cubs’ Theo Epstein: Trump ‘grandstanding’ on Chicago crime Chicago Sun-Times - 2.1.17 VIDEO: 'Just Send Them': Emanuel Tells Trump to Send Federal Help NBC - 2.1.17 The Bulls And Youth Guidance Make Vision Boards For Martin Luther King Jr. Day Bulls.com - 1.18.17 VIDEO: Obama's Farewell Address: 'It Has Been the Honor of My Life to Serve You' ABC's Nightline - 1.10.17 Youth Guidance with Anthony Watson Comcast Newsmakers - 12.13.16 Impact of Chicago's violence on girls in toughest neighborhoods often overlooked Chicago Tribune - 12.10.16 City to again expand Becoming a Man anti-violence program Crains Chicago Business - 12.5.16 #Sprint4Chi and Youth Guidance Create a Career Conference to Help At-Risk Students in Chicago Sprint Newsroom - 11.12.16 VIDEO: Mentoring Program at Chicago Schools Expands to Girls WTTW (Chicago Tonight) - 11.22.16 Big Safety Campaign in Chicago Uses Wide-scale Mentoring to Help Teens Reduce Reactivity Youth Today - 11.16.16 AUDIO: In Chicago, can 'thinking slow' prevent crime? Christian Science Monitor - 11.6.16 BAM-WOW Initiatives Support At-Risk Chicago Students Chicago Citizen Newspaper - 11.2.16 Chicago Bulls Partner With The NBA, BAM Program And Chicago Police Department For Community Basketball Tournament ChicagoBulls.com - 10.27.16 Chicago Bulls host basketball tournament with police, local organizations The Undefeated - 10.25.16 VIDEO: Jimmy Butler addresses Chicago teens' pain in anti-violence video Chicago Tribune - 10.11.16 ‘Decimated’ services for traumatized Chicago students to get federal funding Chicago Reporter - 10.10.16 Youth Guidance Expands Becoming A Man Program To Reach 4,000 At-Risk Chicago Males YG Press Release - 10.6.16 Exelon Commits $3 Million to Expand “Becoming a Man” Program Targeting At-Risk Chicago Students Exelon.com - 10.5.16 VIDEO: BAM Mentorship Program Expanding To Serve Additional 1,300 Chicago Students ABC 7 - 10.3.16 Talking Chicago teens out of gang life Crain's - 9.28.16 BAM Welcomes Emanuel Beverly Review - 9.28.16 VIDEO: Chicago’s At-Risk Youth: Are Mentoring Programs the Answer? WTTW - 9.26.16 Becoming a man to avoid becoming a statistic Sun Times - 9.24.16 More Cops, More Respect, More Mentors, More Jobs: Rahm's Plan to Save Chicago Chicago Patch.com - 9.24.16 Chicago Mayor Pledges $36 Million to Mentor Youths in Effort to Curb Violence EdWeek - 9.23.16 VIDEO: Emanuel: Violence 'is Chicago's fight, not the mayor's fight' Chicago Tribune - 9.23.16 VIDEO: Mayor Emanuel's approval rating rises after crime speech Fox 32 - 9.23.16 VIDEO: White Sox Broadcast Features BAM Program MLB.com - 9.9.16 VIDEO: BULLS, CPD & Youth Guidance Basketball Tournament BullsTV - 8.27.16 Bulls Host Bam/Chicago Police Basketball Tournament NBA.com - 8.27.16 VIDEO: Growing Up in Violence: Youths in Chicago EdWeek Commentary (YouTube) - 8.15.16 How Can We Stop the Violence? This Program Works, Even in Juvenile Detention Chicago Magazine- 7.29.16 6 proven policies for reducing crime and violence without gun control Vox - 7.19.16 Breaking the Code of the Streets Psych Today - 7.5.16 Violent Crime Arrests Are Way Down for Students In This Innovative Chicago Program The Trace - 7.1.16 Intervention dramatically lowers violent crime arrests for at-risk teens Psy.Org - 6.30.16 VIDEO: Study: Program for At-Risk Youth Cuts Arrests by 35 Percent WTTW - 6.29.16 RADIO: CPS Counseling Program Helped Cut Violent Crime Arrests In Half WBBM - 6.28.16 RADIO: Counseling For Chicago Youth Cuts Arrest Rate In New Study WBEZ - 6.28.16 Inside The Chicago Program That Is Slashing Youth Crime Rates Huffington Post - 6.27.16 Innovative program cuts violent-crime arrests among Chicago youth Chicago Sun-Times - 6.27.16 A way to cut violent crime arrests in half? U of C lab says yes Chicago Crain's Business - 6.27.16 New BAM Results: 50% Reduction in Violent Crime Arrests YG Press Release - 6.27.16 Groups Gather to Share Anti-Violence Strategies The Chicago Maroon - 5.20.16 Violence and Mental Health Discussion at Harper Theater Hyde Park Herald - 5.20.16 A Conversation With Tony D: How 'Becoming A Man' Got To The White House Forbes - 3.9.16 Proving Ground: UChicago’s Urban Labs turn promising ideas for helping cities into hard evidence of what works UChicago Magazine - March 2016 Helping Boys Become Men--And Stay Alive In Chicago Forbes - 3.9.16 This simple program is dramatically reducing teen violence in Chicago Business Insider - 2.29.16 VIDEO: Study - Slow Thinking Reduces Crime in Chicago Chicago Tonight (WTTW) - 2.23.16 VIDEO: #SprintforChange Helps YG Students Explore the Arts Sprint - 1.4.16 Boys Get Chance at 'Becoming a Man' By Looking Within, to Each Other DNAInfo Chicago - 12.17.15 VIDEO: How slow thinking can help at-risk youth Capital Ideas Magazine (University of Chicago) - 12.10.15 VIDEO: Youth Guidance "Paints the Town Red" with the Chicago Bulls NBA.com - 12.3.15 RADIO: How BAM Reduces Violence, Increases School Engagement WBEZ - 12.3.15 Chicago Bears Volunteer at Youth Guidance ChicagoBears.com - 11.17.15 Bears' Matt Slauson reveals own obstacle to teens Northwest Herald - 9.29.15 BAM, Bulls & Country Financial - "Paint the Town Red" Week 2015 NBA.com - 10.23.15 VIDEO: Players and Chicago Bulls Charities team up for Youth Guidance BullsTV - 10.22.15 Quizzing the Democratic Candidates Chicago Tribune - 10.12.15 Closing the Education Gap Education Week - 9.29.15 Sprint & Chicago Sky Host & Inspire WOW Students Market Watch - 9.11.15 RADIO: Preventing Crime for Pennies on the Dollar Freakonomics - 9.10.15 Why Slow Thinking Wins Boston Globe - 7.26.15 White House Cites BAM as Effective Youth Violence Intervention The White House Council of Economic Advisors - July 2015 Helping Teens Think: Take a Chill Pill The Economist - 6.19.15 Youth Guidance Holds Record-Breaking Gala Chicago Splash - 5.29.15 BAM/WOW Highlighted in Chicago Mayor's 2nd Inaugural Speech CityofChicago.org - 5.18.15 Noah Selects YG/BAM for Community Assist Award NBA.com - 4.20.15 Noah, Bulls Partner for Violence Prevention Night NBA.com - 3.4.15 He's Got Chops: Shooting Victim All Smiles for Senior Photos Chicago Sun-Times - 3.4.15 Street Violence Stole His Smile, But Marcus Norris is Getting it Back Chicago Sun-Times - 2.15.15 VIDEO: White Sox EVP Inspires Youth Guidance Students MLB.com - 2.11.15 VIDEO: WOW Girls Invited to the White House ABC7 Chicago - 1.29.15 Nine WOW Students from Bowen High to Visit White House CBS Chicago - 1.29.15 For Better Crime Prevention, a Dose of Science New York Times - 1.16.15 Chicago Bulls Celebrate Youth Education Night NBA.com - 12.15.14 Mentors Matter Austin Talks - 11.17.14 Reva & David Logan Foundation Pledge $1.5M to Youth Guidance Chicago Chronicle - 10.28.14 Becoming a Man: A Great Testimony to the Power of Youth A Path Appears Blog - 10.15.14 Bulls "Paint the Town Red" 2014: Youth Guidance Students Pledge Against Violence NBA.com - 10.10.14 VIDEO: Becoming A Man Program (American Graduate) WTTW - 9.26.14 Bears Bolster Student Success CPS.edu - 9.11.14 After Ferguson, Race Deserves More Attention, Not Less New York Times - 8.30.14 El problema de las pandillas en Chicago Tiempo - 8.27.14 VIDEO: Investing in Chicago's Youth WTTW - 8.24.14 RADIO: Dealing with Childhood Trauma to Address City Violence WBEZ - 8.8.14 VIDEO: Chicago Youth Mentoring Programs ABC7 Chicago - 7.27.14 Youth Program Gets More Funding Chicago Tribune - 7.21.14 FACT SHEET: President Obama Applauds New Commitments in Support of the My Brother’s Keeper Initiative The White House - 7.21.14 Mayor Emanuel Announces City to Receive Federal Funds to Help At-Risk Youth CityofChicago.org - 7.21.14 One Key to Success: A Belief in a Future New York Times - 6.10.14 VIDEO: A Critical First Step for Young Men of Color MSNBC - 5.30.14 VIDEO: My Brother's Keeper: 90 Days In WhiteHouse.gov- 5.30.14 U.S. Attorney Zachary T. Fardon On Violence In Chicago Before The City Club Of Chicago US Department of Justice - 5.21.14 How Chicago is using psychotherapy to fight crime — and winning Vox - 5.1.14 Opportunity for All Demands All of Us Huffington Post - 3.5.14 VIDEO: Colin Powell on At-Risk Youth: 'You Can't Hide From This Problem' ABC National News - 3.2.14 VIDEO: 'My Brother's Keeper' Builds Bridge to Minority Boys CBN News - 9.8.14 Fathers’ Sons and Brothers’ Keepers New York Times - 2.28.14 VIDEO: President Obama on his youth: ‘I made bad choices’ Today - 2.28.14 VIDEO: Obama gets personal in effort to help young men of color PBS Newshour - 2.28.14 Obama urges nation to be ‘My Brother’s Keeper’ Washington Post - 2.28.14 VIDEO: Tutoring & Mentoring Show Significant Results for High School Students WTTW - 2.27.14 My Brother’s Keeper: A New White House Initiative to Empower Boys and Young Men of Color The White House - 2.27.14 Obama Looks to Boost Young Minorities Time Magazine - 2.27.14 Obama sees focus on young black and Hispanic men in post-presidency The Washington Post - 2.27.14 Crime Lab makes impact for Chicago youth UChicago - 2.20.14 In meetings with young black men, Obama tries to leave a mark Washington Post - 2.9.14 SLIDESHOW: Meeting the ‘Becoming a Man’ Participants Washington Post - 1.26.14 Intensive Small-Group Tutoring and Counseling Helps Struggling Students New York Times - 1.26.14 When families struggle Chicago Tribune - 11.3.13 BAM & Bulls - Paint the Town Week of Service: Oct. 14-21 NBA.com - 10.10.13 VIDEO: White Sox, Bulls Partner with Becoming a Man WTTW - 7.24.13 Youth Guidance receives $2.75 Million to combat youth violence in Illinois EMCF.org - 7.18.13 Working through it: BAM offers males coping skills to navigate life’s rough spots Columbia Links - 6.18.13 Hyde Park Academy students attend Father's Day luncheon at White House Chicago Tribune - 6.15.13 President Obama Meets with Students in the “Becoming A Man” Program The White House - 6.14.13 VIDEO: Chicago Bulls and White Sox Violence Prevention PSA NBA.com - 6.12.13 VIDEO: President Obama's Hyde Park Academy Address Courtesy of the Taylor Group - 2.17.13 La visita de Obama: lágrimas y esperanza de un futuro sin violencia Hoy - 2.16.13 Mentoring for at-risk boys expanded as part of city effort to reduce violence WBEZ - 2.8.13 Mayor Pledges $2 mil to Youth Guidance CityofChicago.org - 2.7.13 Williams values chance to share with young people Chicago White Sox - 1.22.13 In Chicago, Proof Positive That Mentoring Decreases Youth Violence US News & World Report - 10.4.12 Good marks for mentoring program aimed at reducing violence Chicago Tribune - 7.13.12 Youth Guidance Raises Funds As It Celebrates 'Working on Womanhood' Program Chicago Tribune - 5.21.12 RADIO: Getting To Chicago's Boys Before Gangs Do WBEZ - 3.23.11 VIDEO: BAM Documentary - 2010 Courtesy of Hype Media - 11.09.10 Mixed Martial Arts at Clemente High School Huffington Post - 5.4.09
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