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    Mr. President, is this rhetorical or real?

    By Jeremy | February 4, 2005

    In Wednesday's State of the Union address, much was made of the President's desire to "focus on our most-at-risk youth." The White House summarized the proposals as follows:
    The President announced a new outreach effort, to be led by Mrs. Laura Bush, to focus on young Americans, especially young men, to help ensure a successful future. During the next year, the President and Mrs. Bush are committed to:
    • Highlighting the importance of focusing on at-risk youth, especially boys;
    • Educating parents and communities on the importance of promoting positive youth development; and
    • Informing parents and communities of strong and successful prevention and intervention programs that work by highlighting the efforts of coaches, pastors, and mentors from around the country, especially those with programs that focus on boys.
    The President's focus on young Americans will include support for programs that help youth overcome the specific risk of gang influence and involvement.
    • The President proposed a three-year, $150-million initiative to help youth at risk of gang influence and involvement. Through grants to faith-based and community organizations targeting youth ages 8-17, the initiative will help some of America's communities that are most in need. These organizations will provide a positive model for youth - one that respects women and rejects violence.
    Interesting.

    Topics: funding, george w. bush, mentoring, politics, urban, youth | 1 Comment »

    One Response to “Mr. President, is this rhetorical or real?”

    1. José & Mayra Humphreys Says:
      February 4th, 2005 at 5:00 pm

      Hola Jeremy,

      It was a lot of rhetoric. I’m one of those conservative democrats who disagrees with Bush on most things like: the war, corporate tax breaks, his S.S. overhaul.

      On the other hand, I’m one who-as you know-benefits from his attention to faith-based initiatives. I attended a gang prevention training hosted by DOL in Washington recently. It really raised my awareness about this who gang thing. I believe using every resource-including churches or FBOs is actually a decent idea. But then again I’m biased…

      Jose