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The time has come AGAIN for the young people to lead the adults, as Ella Baker prophesied and the young people of Ferguson and Birmingham have demonstrated. It will not be a rejection of the old but an elaboration, an inexorability of the affirmative. There is a broad difference between refuting a stereotype, which the young men of The SHINE:

My Story….My name is Ne’Quwan Taylor. I just turned 18 on November 13. I have a total of 6 brothers, 3 are older and 3 are younger, also 4 younger sisters. I am the first of my siblings to graduate from a regular high school. While I was in high school I was a part of several different programs. I

There is a story that many Americans don’t often tell.  It is the story of walking down the street without worrying.  It is the story of being given the benefit of the doubt.  And It is the story of being presumed innocent. The reason this story goes untold is because those of us who are experiencing it – those of

Story For All partners with the Jackson Medical Mall Foundation, to bring The SHINE to Jackson, Mississippi. On August 31st, President Obama announced that Jackson Medical Mall Foundation (JMMF) is one of six organizations selected to participate in the ArtPlace America Community Development Investments (CDI) Program. Over the course of three years, JMMF will receive $3 million to incorporate arts

No annoying glasses needed for this breakthrough in 3D technology. A team at USC has been hard at work with their New Dimensions in Testimony initiative, with highly successful results. This holographic display is a product of recording “testimony in a way that will continue the dialogue between Holocaust survivors and learners far into the future” (New Dimensions in Testimony,

Young African-American men speak up about what it’s like living in Oakland. For once the cover of a book does it justice. The Griots of Oakland: Voices from the African-American Oral History Project is a  gorgeous volume, richly illustrated with dozens of photos of African-American males sharing their answers to questions from, “Are you going to college?” to “What’s it

This question is now being asked of Veterans in Madison, Wisconsin – and soon ten other locations around our country – through a program called, My Life My Story, an oral history project aimed at improving the healthcare of Veterans through the healing and transformative power of story.  It is a project based on the premise that when a patient

In a new and compelling report released by the Level Playing Field Institute out of Oakland, the answer to this question lies not in the tech industry itself, nor in the choices of our local youth.  Rather, it resides in the all-important path between:  the educational system that could – and should – provide that road to opportunity.  At issue,

May 4, 2015—ArtPlace America announced The Jackson Medical Mall Foundation today as one of 21 finalist organizations that have been selected from a pool of 261 applications to participate in the ArtPlace America Community Development Investments program.  Six organizations will be chosen from the finalists in August 2015 to receive funds. The Jackson Medical Mall Foundation is leading The SHINE:

We are over the moon and so very thankful to announce that Griots of Oakland has been selected for the In The Margins top 10 list. In the Margins is committed to promoting and highlighting diverse books and voices that have been in the margins. ITM strives to find the best books for teens living in poverty, on the streets, in custody