Check out this list of young people that are making a difference in our world… JAMES WARD ACHIEVEMENT: The beneficiary of an online fundraising campaign now is committed to making college affordable for other homeless teens. “It makes me feel very happy, because I know that although the world may seem like a harsh and […]
From Kendrick Johnson to Renisha McBride, too many young black people made headlines this year in the United States for news directly related to a tragedy. But there were some who did make headlines for good news. These young people made history, overcame obstacles to achieve major goals and worked to champion causes. As the year comes to […]
The good news? The number of young adults without health care coverage in the United States has declined significantly over the past few years, according to a new government report released Tuesday. Not-so-good are the findings that: 45.5 million people, 14.7 percent of the American population, still don’t have health care coverage, and 4.9 […]
Celibacy before marriage: Message to young women: Message to young man: article courtesy of Joy105.com
When teens from Florida megachurch Bethel Baptist Institutional talk to their secular peers about God these days, instead of pulling out a familiar tract, they profess their faith through videos of the church’s youth group rapping about Jesus or their exuberant interpretation of the popular Harlem Shake. It’s a novel idea that Anthony O’Neal, […]
Lecrae Moore was raised by a single mother and heavily influenced by relatives who were gang members. “I was brought up in hip-hop culture, and I idolized my uncles, who were involved in gangs. I even wanted every tattoo those uncles had. I just sat on their laps and soaked it all in.” As […]
MTV is airing a special next week with profiles of three young people who have the HIV infection, amid worries that some people are taking the condition too casually. The special, “I’m Positive,” is scheduled to air Dec. 1 at 7 p.m. ET/PT. Drew Pinsky, who is one of the show’s producers, said that if it […]
New research shows that the sex talk is more uncomfortable for teens than parents. A new Family Circle survey asked 2,000 parents and teens about their experience with the “birds and the bees” conversation. Eighty-two percent of adolescents between the ages of 15-18 admitted that they felt anxiety when their parents sat them down to discuss […]
Kim Shifren came home from school one day to find her world turned upside down. Her mom had suffered a massive heart attack; doctors said she would need weeks to recover. In a matter of minutes, the 14-year-old went from child to child caregiver. Shifren spent the next month bathing, dressing and feeding her mom […]
In a scene with a message similar to his recent film Unconditional, Hollywood teen actor Kwesi Boakye recently teamed up with the Dream Center at an event in Los Angeles to help provide needy schoolchildren backpacks filled with school supplies. Unconditional, which also stars Lynn Collins (John Carter, 50 First Dates) and Michael Ealy (Common […]
Young people leaving institutionalized religion may not be turning towards nihlism as some fear. Instead they are seeking and finding spirituality and meaning in the music and message of hip-hop and rap. Monica Miller’s recent piece on The Huffington Post highlights the power of hip-hop in the spiritual lives of young people. She calls special […]
Will and Jada Pinkett Smith’s 11-year-old daughter, Willow, was recently given a tongue-lashing on social media after posting a picture of herself sporting a tongue piercing on Instagram. asapniceee: “She is too young for such a provocative piercing. Why would her parents let her pierce her tongue?” tiffaneybabeyy : “At your age, Willow, I don’t […]
