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What should be done to make sure young black
men become productive members of society?

It starts at home. You show your kids love and not be a friend. Be a parent, not a friend.

 Alphonso Myers
Mentor
Roxbury
Jobs and more extracurricular activities for the younger generation, so they won’t get distracted by the street life.

 Nakia Roland
Salesperson
Roxbury
Employment is the best social service program there is. Our young men need jobs. Period.

 Egobudike E. Ezedi Jr.
Senior Pastor
Dorchester
We need to figure out a way to encourage and give incentives to become a part of the community. We need to love them.

 Naeemah Fuller
Insurance Agent
Mattapan
I think it’s education beyond schooling. It’s not a coincidence that the institution of schooling is robbing real education from our youth.

 Tariq Meyers
Student
Ithaca, N.Y.
First find their gift(s). Then mentor to those gifts. Help them cultivate what they’re good at, not just sports and rappin’.

 Ernest Owens
Researcher
Dorchester