AAMB Conference Schedule

OBJECTIVE OF "THE AFRICAN AMERICAN MEN AND BOYS CONFERENCE


  • Reduce Disciplinary Action and Suspensions within AISD
  • Reduce Drop-Out Rates of African American Boys and Girls
  • Increase Graduation Rates for African American Boys and Girls
  • Reduce  Rates of African American Males in Special Ed
  • Provide Forum for Parents and Teachers to Interact
  • Provide Social Services to the Parents from Local Governmental Agencies
  • Provide Forum for Young Boys to have Discussion with Professional Black Men
  • Educate Parents on Effective Monitoring of their Childs Progress in School
  • Promote Higher Education as a "Must" to be successful in Life
  • Look for alternative ways to brings every child up to grade level
  • Provide a Forum for the Community to Engage Students, Parents, Teachers & Principals
  • Provide Feedback to AISD on Issues / Concerns from Students / Parents
  • Provide Workshops to At-Risk Youth,  teaching them problem solving skills
  • Provide Character Building Skills  Education Workshops
  • Provide Re-Entry Employment Opportunities
  • Provide Entrepreneur and Leadership Skills Workshops
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History of "The African American Men and Boys Conference"

The African American Men and Boys Conference is a project founded and hosted by The Michael Lofton Talk Show.  The first conference was held on June 3, 2006.     These conferences were designed to provide resources information and support to help develop a more self-sufficient African American Community.  With African American Men and Boys working together, we believe this will help our young develop the mental tools and strategies to enable them to succeed better in life. Many of the kids do not have a male father figure in their homes, and this is a major problem.  Thus, one goal is the active engagement and collaboration of successful adult African American males to guide, mentor and teach adolescent boys critical thinking and life skills for success. We are addressing issues in the community, through community, parent and student engagement efforts on a monthly basis. In addition we will host monthly conferences again next school year, and also plan to take them into the schools.  During the past 12 months, an average 400 to 700 parents, students, community leaders, elected officials, AISD and UT Administrators, participated in approximately 20 workshops per month.  Information and feedback gathered during each workshop was shared with AISD and the AISD Board of Trustees in a constructive partnership to address the issues and challenges to eliminate the academic achievement gap.