these decisions that acaccumulate over time and createe these places where there is so ttle hope fopeople. when we think about the solutions to that, we are trying to come up with solutions that would tackle all of those things simultaneously, which is an enormous challenge. rebecca: you are using the royal we. as a community, this is where we are in termof government policy, business policy. we all have to be a part of trying to fix it. when we asked you to come on, i said i was a little heta for two white girls to talk about the pblemems that are being felt at her very real level by young black males. we have rtainly not walked in their footsteps, but i have spoken to sosome smart african-american leaders. one that inspires me is the president of the university of maryland ultima county. he has been a leader in the community. he has a program that deals with 500 boys every year. second graders to seniors in high school ththat are already first-time offenders were they trying to help them get past their obstacles but heays it is n not just a matter of jobs. he says that for the program t