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2019 Annual Letter from Bill & Melinda Gates

2.11.2019 - Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

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

Emanuel Donates $11K in Campaign Contributions From Weinstein

NBC Chicago - 10.11.17

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