The Black Star Project

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Our Supporters

We work to build strong partnerships with a broad spectrum of businesses, government entities and social service agencies to elevate the issue of the racial academic achievement gap to a higher level of awareness and in turn implement a coordinated strategy to eliminate it. The following corporations, foundations and community organizations are key partners:

Toyota Motor Sales
Open Society Foundations - Campaign for Black Male Achievement
ComEd - An Exelon Company
Best Buy
ING
Genesis Wealth Management
Foley & Lardner LLP
Best Buy
Ariel Capital Management, LLC
URS Corporation
Chernoff Family Fund
Kenneth & Harle Montgomery Foundation
The Oppenheimer Family Foundation

If you would like more information on partnering with The Black Star Project to ensure that all children receive an equal, quality education, please click here.

National News and Campaigns

Join the November 12th Movement of Black men in action!

A Day of Planning and Organizing:
If "Occupy Wall Street" can be organized and executed in 3 days and if the Arab Spring can be launched in 4 days, how many days will it take for Black men to take control of the destiny of Black people in America and around the world?

Million Father March 2012

From Atlanta, Georgia:

...and surprisingly, more fathers than I've ever seen, meeting and greeting teachers... bending over and reminding children to "pay attention, do your work," and of course the customary "don't act a fool on the first day of school!" The Million Father March is a major first step in the right direction for many fathers.