that's what mentors do. the third story i want to tell you is about jamal. he was from right here in d.c. on georgia avenue. when i met jamar, he was extremely withdrawn and very volatile. he couldn't play more than a few points in a basketball game or have a touchdown scored in a football game before he's end up in a fight or on the sidelines quitting because of some slight. his grades were poor and his conduct in school was worse. jamar was different than the first two stories in so far as his mother was enrolling him in every program out there she could find. so besides big brothers and my relationship with jamar through that, he was also part of the boys and girls club and other after school programs. now five years later, jamar is in ninth grade with a scholarship to one of the best high schools in d.c. his grades are good and plays on both the football and basketball teams at the school. none of the programs he participated in cost much. all were neighborhood-based and they worked. small investments with huge payoffs and lives saved. that's what i foun

doing. there came a time with john, he was out in africa, he wasn't there to mentor us. if he was there to mentor us, we wouldn't have fell through the cracks. it's really important for males and females to mentor the younger kids, you know. i got five boys of my own and i mentor them real good. i even have me a little brother, you know. just saying the way that things happen, you know. i basically was on the streets at an age of 11 years old, you know. where i should have been in school. didn't nobody care at all. didn't nobody, you need to go to school, no teachers came to the house, nothing. you know. like now these days, from me doing a lot of things that i do, the teachers really know the kids that's in school that need the help. a lot of the teachers know that these kids need help, these kids need help. some kids don't need the help, there's a lot of kids that need the help. i just wish that, you know, like the young guy who did shoot my brother, if it was programs out there that help serve the community a little better, the guy he probably never shot my brother. y

we've had a lot of long island vets come forward and be more than willing to do veteran to veteran mentoring. >> how do you marshall that, get those folks trained and lined up to do it, through your office? >> we're working very closely. our district court got a $5 million federal grant for a pilot program. we're doing it in one of our large counties, delaware is. we're feeling our way through. we took a ride through buffalo, chief judge of veterans group, veterans groups, local state veterans groups, we looked at the model and now trying to implement that same model. the important aspect of veteran to veteran part is really leave them independent of that. let them talk freely among themselves because they help guide through substance abuse counseling or whatever hurdles are affecting them. >> i agree with that. oftentimes it's have i to get that, outside of the court system, how do they get those services. i know there are older veterans who say they don't need help, don't want it. >> through local veterans agencies. >> that's a huge resource. all you need to do to start is find out what's

- how do we connect 0 our youth to the leaders who spoke during the national conference and do we have a mentor program? and -- yes? yes, we do have a mentor program at ncai. we have fellows and interns that come to ncai. a good share of our staff, our fellows and interns, and we also have a youth commission, partners we collaborate together with including naib, and we developed a youth agenda so we have a youth webpage or our website, we can connect to youth in many ways and will continue to connect with youth. we have a great agenda for this year. we've already developed it. one last question here. so can i have a question from the audience here? yes? >> hi, jim myers, the tulsa world. you speak of the bipartisan approach that's taken sometimes in congress on different pieces of legislation but that doesn't always translate into success. can you identify two pieces of legislation you believe must be passed by the upcoming session of congress before it can be viewed as a success by the indian country? >> i think the most pressing need that we have is the criteria fix. that's been the priority

mentor will not do any work during the national cherry blossom festival. that means no delays for the next four weekends. a lot of people using mature as they head to the tidal basin. there will be clouds. -- there will be crowds. >> some rain wind, and cooler temperatures. this is our new hd camera on our weatherbug network. temperatures to the west -- east of us had a hard time making it about 70 degrees for the day. that is thanks to the easterly wind. 83 for the high at reagan national. average for today 58. the average low is 40. in 1888 it dropped down to 60 degrees. temperatures this hour 78 at the airport. the clouds will start to filter in from the west. arlington looking at 79 degrees with a high of some82. they made it up to 85 degrees in manassas. sunshine keeping as comfortable. the cooled out as on the way. 77 and winchester. 82 degrees in fredericksburg. a big difference of to the west of us. chicago is 62 degrees. detroit at 65. this is a 20 degree shift compared to what they had yesterday for daytime highs. 12 degrees cooler in eastern mic

prendergast and reference to your profession to compliment the work you do mentoring, which is a movement builder and someone who has been able to build public will through the your career. my question to you is what are your thoughts on how we can build the public will to make this an issue that does go on cnn and focuses on the problems. >> i think that the good news is in every community, there are so many people who are doing really interesting and innovative things. that's what i think the youth promise act is going to build on, all that innovation that occurs at the local level. just like what we do in terms of movement building for the human rights issue in africa, we go to local areas around the united states where people already care about what's going on in these places. student groups and churches and synagogues and other places where people are already concerned and care and do believe that we are in some way, shape or form, brothers, sisters keeper and so i think the same would apply here. that you would want to invest a lot of time in building those local coalitions that as

that's what mentors do. the third story i want to tell you is about jamar. he's from right here in d.c., right up on georgia avenue. when i first met him, he was extremely withdrawn but very volatile. he on the couldn't play more than a few points in a basketball game or have a touchdown score inside a football game before he'd end up either in a fight or on the sidelines quitting because of some kind of perceived slight. his grades or -- for poor and his conduct at school was worse. jamar was different only insofar as his mother was enrolling him in every possible alternative or supplemental program out there that she could find. so besides big brothers/big sisters and my relationship with jamar through that, he was also part of the boys and girls' club -- another after school program -- and even the aau football league. now jamar's got a scholarship to one of the best high schools in d.c. his grades are good, and he plays on the football and basketball teams. none of the programs he participated in cost much. they worked. small investments, huge payoff, li

mentoring in general. we're measuring how the children do obviously in school, that they are maintaining their grades and their behavior. it's all about building strong kids who can make great decisions. >> i know that when we have a representative from the big brothers big sisters come, they're constantly checking report cards and we all have to work together to make sure all of our boys and girls have everything in place to make them successful. >> you have been steady in school and you try very hard and this period for the past three years i've been so proud of you. >> you're capable of achieving anything, anything you set your mind to do. >> live united is about community, it's about being woven into the fabric of who we are here together. it's about collaboration, it's about partnerships, it's about understanding, it's about trust. it's about truly being united in the community. >>> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome president at&t foundation beth shiroishi. >> thank you. it is such an honor and a privilege to be here today. as a former teacher, as a mother of the class of 2021 and 2024 and representing

do. another piece of research is the networks piece, which is they don't have access to mentors and advisers. and that becomes the real importance of accelerators. there's a group in silicon valley championing women entrepreneurs in particular. but for governors or for states, there are some things that you can do. you can get more visibility to women entrepreneurs. you can try to put them on science and technology boards. that's a real great way to expand networks. where there are examples, you can champion them, because seeing role models that are women, that does a lot to get other twoim go out and do the same thing. so those are some ideas to try to get that going. now, places. shifting to not the people but the places of innovation. largely university based innovation hubs. and there are three recommendations here. i'm going to speed up a little bit. tech transfer offices. this is the crazy scientist, the mad scientist that stays in the lab. we actually want to commercialize all this research out of universities. and there are some suggestions on how we might be able to do that. speedin

and we've engaged a lot of the -- [audio difficulty] and more than willing to do the veteran-to veteran mentoring >> how do you hardball that, peter, get those -- martial that, peter? >> we're working very closely. our district court got, i believe, it was a $5 million federal grant for a pilot program. we're doing it in one of our counties in our large state like delaware is. we took a ride up to buffalo, the chief judge, myself, veterans' groups, and we looked at their model, and now we're trying to implement the same model. the important aspect of the veteran-to-veteran part is to leave them independent of us, let them talk freely amongst themselves because they help guide and support them through the substance abuse counseling or whatever or is necessary to overcome whatever hurdle is afflicting them. >> yeah. no, and i agree with that. sometimes it's just difficult to get that when someone is outside the court system, for instance, how they get those services and even i know there are older veterans who say they don't need any help, they don't want it. >> we did it through our local veterans

do you see what i mean? so we put kind of our best consulting tools in. and it's mentoring, advising, that's really what they want. they wish they could have consultants like big companies have. so we've tried to create that. by the way, to do it well, you got to have university of nebraska help. you can't just have some lowly state department do it or it doesn't work at all. it's kind of like management pulling it off. dave is a popular gofrp vernor. he told me he is very, very popular. that's what he told me. we have a very popular governor. because the people in that 25% are real -- there are some real hot shots in there. and owe them want to be part of something that is exciting. you see? you have to put together something that is exciting. and dave really shows up. the president of the university really shows up. it's a really special thing. that's what they need, not capital. >> governor? >> thank you for all your information. >> by the way, she's from oklahoma. >> yes. we appreciate you coming to day. i was intrigued by your statistics talking about the six million b

spent some time in the hospital where allen works but a few doors down as a wonderful wrote mentor to me, doing what they're narrows the colleges is supposed to do. you take care of people with brain disease. even i got into the business as a health care provider. there is a problem. i continue to take care of people with dementia and anomalies of the human brain. i am fascinated by human behavior. but i set out on a separate journeyed 15 years ago to navigate to what is house? i became a pariah in my own field. looking at the sophistication of the human brain. my journey is one every homosapien learn about the basics of this wonderful miracle that sits between your ears. this for pound miracle 25% of the blood from every heartbeat. we do not have a care today even for err prevention but that should not stop us from the cave being in ways that promote health. i have tried to look at the research in my book with "save your brain" and look at the five sectors. physical activity common mental stimulation stimulation, spirituality, s ocialization and, what is important that we should be busy thinki

mentor. >> i want to sail around the world. >> do you really, that is cool. >> i would like to be in a racebout me sailing. i have gotten letters from people who say hey, your story about your trip helped me get through a hard time in life. when you hear that you feel like wow, i can't screw up, i have to get this done, because you don't know how what you're doing is going to affect someone down the road. >> stay right there, we will be right back. i'm home. [ keys clatter ] oh. where were you? uh, i was just in the car. oh, the car. what's that on your collar? hmm? oh -- tie. [ chuckles ] [ chuckles ] why do you seem happy? i'm not. come here. okay. [ inhales deeply ] mint. wow. i had a shamrock shake. i hate you. and i got one for you, too. i love you. [ male announcer ] the magical, minty flavor you'll covet with all your heart. mccafé shamrock shake from mcdonald's. the simple joy of... mint. ♪ >>> that wraps it up here at our world. visit our website at blackenterprise.com/our world. fan us at facebook and follow me on twitter at #marclamonthill. see you next week.

do. you have a mentoring element and an after-school mentoring element.k to us about each of those and how you use those two to help the kids. >> great. so, we have an after-school program that is k-12. it's in different segments, of course. we have an elementary school program, a middle school program, a high school program in d.c. and in montgomery county. we serve 300 students across those programs. and that program is focused on those four key success factors. we do cooking exercises, we do service learning, we do a range of activities. the mentoring program is 50 of our kids have mentors, 50 of the 300, and that is matching with an adult who will spend time and help guide them as a role model, take them out for new experiences. so, we recruit those mentors, we train them, we match them, we screen them and figure out, you know, who would be a good fit for each of our kids. >> so, it sounds like we think about the big brothers and big sisters type program. >> yes, it's a very similar program. >> but why, then, does a program like yours need to exist? i

we need to be on the ground mentoring them and that his programs. but close. that's if you can't do anything else, take them to get a slice of pizza, hot tub to shoot some hoops. that stuff matters. i had this quote when i was young. she said here's the thing about parenting and mentoring. you don't have to be perfect, but please be available. >> before i do that, once again i want to take proper recognition of the founder, the black panther party. >> i think it would be remiss -- i think you would be remiss if we didn't give chairman bobby the microphone, just use a quick thing to audience. >> body is in town for a speaking engagement tomorrow. but here it is a jamal joseph here and couldn't miss. >> act jamaal and i probably ran into each other on the martin junior showed. speenine it was from there until together public enemy. >> luciana called me up about the show. >> philippi was a young workers party. i said i'm not coming on that show. i came on the show not to step his finger up my nose. i'm going to knock them out. he wants to really get done they said no, you scared of you

. >> your organization sponsors activities for and mentors black men. how often do you feel the need to talk to them to be careful around law enforcement? >> i'm the executive director of the national office of concerned black men. the organization and, yes, we feel the need off then to talk to young people about doing what they can to avoid conflict with the police officers and in this particular case, however, this is not a real teachable moment because martin, for all we know, did not do anything that would have justified suspicion and ultimately being shot. while we do that, and we use these types of opportunities, these unfortunate opportunities to talk to young people, young black boys about what they need to do to protect themselves. in a particular situation doesn't afford that opportunity. >> for a lot of black families, this is not anything new, as you know. dating back to before schools were integrated and buses were integrated, blacks had to walk away from confronting as with white people. rosa park, for example, initially retreated from a confrontation

do. >> you are the mentors, not the judges. >> right. >> tell us about your role. >> we're working withm through, take them through not falling into those holes that we've fallen into in the past that we've had as well. and to help them build a brand, not just a -- one item but help them build a brand and market themselves. >> does it get nasty? >> it can. it can. it can. >> it has to be intense. you can't really show that on youtube the way you can a music talent. can you? it's a different kind of gift. >> you see people being bought and sold on the stage, it's a little like an auction house. rather than see people make clothes you'll see them bought and sold. you have three great retailers, macy's, saks and h&m will be bidding for the t-shirts, the jeans, the leather jackets. >> they're really the judges, too. >> yeah. >> are these clothes that people at home will say i can wear that to work or clothes that look neat but never buy? >> this is not about buying the $10,000 gown. these are clothes designed for america. that's our role, too, you know, is we have to transition -- we have t

dinner, and it's nice to see them coming back and thanking the people who have really been mentors to them. and doat they're giving back, too? >> absolutely. absolutely. we actually call our main service blitz young blacks give back month. and we do have some former scholarship recipients who have been involved with thursday network and who really come out and volunteer, and i think that our community service committee's probably our strongest committee. it's definitely the biggest piece to our auxiliary of the greater washington urban league. so, the need to give back is definitely something that young professionals have within them. and i think that's evidence by the fact that we've made it to be 20 years old and are still going strong, have about 150 members volunteering, fund-raising, doing a lot of different programs, and we even have a mentoring program, 20-week curriculum at wilson high school called the empowerment academy, where we teach the students about self-esteem, prepare them for college, a lot of different things to help get them ready for life in the workforce. so, our members are

doing remarkable things in our community. nbc bay area lauren scott was the emcee of the event where mentors and oakland city officials came togethermmunity the set of hometown local heros to sepup and do those things that we all wish we could do. >> this was the third year for the hometown heroes event. >> congratulations. sounds like a great time last night. >>> okay, jeff ranieri, one last look as we look into little league stuff for tomorrow. >> the rain is a definite tomorrow morning from about 4:00 to 10:00 a.m. and then as we head throughout sunday, we'll find the chance of thunderstorms and even more wet weather into tuesday and i can't believe it's baseball time tonight. >> oh, here we go. >> 7:00, giants/rangers right here.

mentor and to take advantage of that opportunity at any given time. that commitment may be as brief as you just heard our previous speaker, engaging a youth at a bus stop. doing it in a respectful manner. ok. as mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins, we bring our internal family communication skills to our police assignments. interacting with us that home can be just as challenging. we are peace officers that are guided by a strong internal drive to do the right thing. at times, this may include explaining to use how to make good, lawful choices that will open doors of opportunity for one as they enter the job market. or perhaps demonstrating by example the interaction with police officers can be positive and helpful. i would like to call upon commander beale to discuss training that is relevant to tonight historic meeting. >> good evening. on behalf of capt. -- who as we speak, she is on a flight to learn about more additional training we can present. i can give you an overview of what we teach our officers in the police academy and over the course of their career on trading-related issues with youth and juvenile. upon

. >> farmer rich johansen is aware of the need r young farmers and is doing his part by mentoring thes of four frog farm in penn valley. >> and we wanted to set up something for younger farmers who may not have the capital, may not have the land, but certainly have the knowledge, the eagerness, the willingness to farm and make it happen. >> meet lon egan. he's 26 years old and graduated from stanford with a master's degree in earth systems. >> rich's knowledge has really been invaluable, first on how to keep things moving very efficiently on the farm. he--no matter what we're doing, he's kind of looking from a distance. and you can tell that he's always thinking, "ok. how can we make this move faster?" >> and in places like placer county, helping young farmers jump-start their farms is not just an individual task. communities are taking on the effort as well. >> so, we're doing everything we can to get young people on the farm. we have internship programs. and the whole community is actually coming in to support young farms noq. >> i know my dad loves the idea that the farm is utilize

officers who committed their own personal time in doing field trips, different seasonal events, other programs where kids are impacted -- as a whole. their mentor, they are groomed, there is callous -- callas' kids throughout the communities who have received beneficial sat -- accolades. including backpack giveaways and toy drives and camping. ski trips and so on. we are trying to reinvest in operation dream and get it back to its luster. with the support of members of the san francisco police department and the commission, we will be doing that. thank you. president mazzucco: thank you. i believe the next component of tonight's presentation is from the special victims unit, internet safety and cyber- bullying. as technology has increased, we have seen, unfortunately, incidents involving our youth. people to -- taking advantage of them through the internet. the officer presents to schools. they have been expanded to various pta groups. interacting regarding social networking through technology has opened topics of discussion that did not exist 10 to 15 years ago. a lot of it is about safety and encouraging communication between the use and thei

but people who have been trayed to carry out specific missions and whether they can do that when the united states mentors and trainers leave is an open question and certainly many, many people in the military privately would tell you it is just not going to happen, they will not be that strong when we leave. >>shepard: the goal to leave them in a position so they will be able to maintain security, maintain the peace for the public, and in addition, keep al qaeda and the taliban from reconstituting there? >>guest: that is right. but the united states is mostly concerned with the last two pieces where the karzai government and the others in power, you are talking about a tribal society. the notion we will change that in two years is, frankly, a strategy of hope not one of, really, reasonable military defensible strategy. >>shepard: when they say "meet our objectives," they have changed so much it can be difficult to keep up with the objectives. >>guest: originally it was because it is a haven for al qaeda. but that 10 years ago. and al qaeda is rating in a variety of other countries and offshoots are opera

. >> albert, you have a teenaged son and you also mentor black men. how dohare with these young men? >> first of all i want to thank you for having us this morning to discuss the tragedy of trayvon martin. yes, i do have a teenaged son and i let him know first that he's blessed to be african-american, that it's important that he understand that there are people that may treat him differently because of some illness that they might have or some bigoted approach that they might take and that he needs to know how to respond when that happens. and people like courtney are members of our membering program and try to make sure all of our young people are given the skill sets and strategies to address situations like this. >> i want to talk about something specific, the hoodie that keeps on coming up. is it how the hoodie is worn, is it how it's perceived by people? how do you address that particular issue and courtney i'm going to start with you. >> you know, i think that to take the conversation and make it about the hoodie is somewhat senseless. the hoodie is ob

do it. i know we all have the power and hurray for the women and i work with wonderful women who are my mentors who keep helping me to help others. thank you for this recognition and i want to celebrate all of you women because you put a lot of work for all you do and celebrate you. thank you. [applause] president chiu: congratulations. our next commendation is a supervisor david campos. supervisor campos: thank you very much, mr. president. let me begin by thanking the commission on the status of women for this event and all the work they do. when you look at the names in the background of all the women being honored today, it is a truly incredible to see the talent and commitment and dedication and the caliber of the women doing such amazing things here in the city and county of san francisco. it is an honor to be a part of that and to be a part of that celebration. it is truly an honor to honor someone who is a very special in our community who quite frankly does not get enough credit and i don't know that i have the words to fully explain how much she means to our community, so i would like

do i look suspicious? >> racial profiling is a problem for young black men. george geurro, executive director of black men appeared on fox 5 earlier where he discuss mentoring them on how to deal with law enforcement. >> what we do is when we get opportunity, we talk to them about avoiding conflict at all costs. >> guerro tells them that includes telling them not to talk back to police officers. in this case the shooter was not law enforcement, though he apparently had an interest in it. george zimmerman grew up in the manassas area. one of his neighbors told us yesterday zimmerman used him as a reference when he applied to a local police academy. >> i'll take it. with the police chief in sanford having stepped down temporarily, what effect is that ultimately having? >> it takes away some of the negative stigma that's been directed at the city, but it doesn't really change much or seem to. the police chief didn't write the stand your ground law. he said his department has not arrested zimmerman based on the facts and circumstances they had at the time of the shooting. so for now a florida grand jury is meeting and the u.s. justice department and fbi are investig

in my whole career, dave and i doing it in nebraska, but we found i'm going to say 500 small businesses and we put -- we call them a guide. we don't like the word mentor. that a guide has ten of them but if you sit down, we got about five things that we do to them that we agreed and put in a box and -- but then you also have a relationship outside those tools. but you talk with them about their own strategies they're always doing a lot of things wrong. they'll spend too much time with their worst customers rather than their best. you see what i mean? so we put kind of our best consulting tools in. but mentoring, advising, that's really what they want. what they wish is that they could have consultants like big companies have. you know, kind of like bain or gallup or mckenzie or somebody. we tried to create that. by the way, to do it well, you got to have the university of nebraska help. you can't just have some lowell state department do it. it doesn't work at all. it's kind of like magic pulling it off. but gallup has a big name. dave is -- he told me he's a popular governor. he told me he is very, very popular. that's what he told me. we have a popu