Friday, February 26, 2010

Fraternities To Mentor Black Youth

Leaders of three prominent black fraternities on Thursday announced a new partnership with Big Brothers Big Sisters of South Texas in an attempt to address the shortage of available mentors for young men in the black community.

Watch Simon Gutierrez's Report

According to Big Brothers Big Sisters, 20 percent of 900 children on its waiting list are black. But, only 8 percent of prospective mentors are black, and only a few of them men, which leaves many young black men without a mentor of the same race.  Read more…

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