“Take a Black Boy to Church Day” is a national effort to help stop the silent genocide of young black men by connecting them with mentors and encouraging spiritual development.

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This breakfast is as important as anything we do,” said Phillip Jackson, who runs Chicago’s Black Star Project, a community organization that promotes involvement in the lives and education of children. Encouraging church attendance is “an effort to lift many black boys and young black men from self-destructive behaviors to self-driven and positive self-directed behaviors,” Jackson said.

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