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Umoja: a brotherhood to empower young men of color
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Umoja: a brotherhood to empower young men of color
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Melgar
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Kimberly Y.
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1986-
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Kimberly Y. Melgar
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Rubin
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Beth
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Beth Rubin
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Dan
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Farquharson IV
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Wilfred H.
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Wilfred H. Farquharson IV
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Rutgers University
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Graduate School of Education
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2020
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One of the prominent questions educational research has focused on has been, and continues to be, inequities in education as it pertains to the disparities in academic performance among different groups of students. Specific attention has been paid to male students of color and addressing the disparity in high school graduation rates because it can have long term economic and personal consequences that range from joblessness to incarceration. This paper explores the experiences of young men of color in the Bronx, NY, and the academic outcomes of participation in the Umoja leadership program. The Umoja program is an all-male Brotherhood that focuses on leadership development and communication throughout the summer and during the school year for 22 students in grades nine through twelve. Findings from this mixed methods case study document the many tensions and conflicting expectations students face as members of their community such as being targeted members within their community who are expected to “fail” while also being expected to carry the torch and meet high expectations. Other findings suggest that the program’s focus on leadership helps refine the leadership and communication skills many young Brothers already possessed. Additional quantitative findings show that Brothers in the program saw an average increase in grade point average (GPA) and credit accumulation (CA) every year that they were involved in the program, and highlights that the program has a 98% graduation rate. Through these findings the researcher makes recommendations for program revisions and further study.
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Teacher Leadership
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Adolescent leadership program
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High school students, Black -- Education -- New York (N.Y.). -- Bronx
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1 online resource (vii, 94 pages)
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Includes bibliographical references
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ETD doctoral
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Melgar
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Kimberly
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2019-11-14 12:14:52
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Kimberly Melgar
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I hereby grant to the Rutgers University Libraries and to my school the non-exclusive right to archive, reproduce and distribute my thesis or dissertation, in whole or in part, and/or my abstract, in whole or in part, in and from an electronic format, subject to the release date subsequently stipulated in this submittal form and approved by my school. I represent and stipulate that the thesis or dissertation and its abstract are my original work, that they do not infringe or violate any rights of others, and that I make these grants as the sole owner of the rights to my thesis or dissertation and its abstract. I represent that I have obtained written permissions, when necessary, from the owner(s) of each third party copyrighted matter to be included in my thesis or dissertation and will supply copies of such upon request by my school. I acknowledge that RU ETD and my school will not distribute my thesis or dissertation or its abstract if, in their reasonable judgment, they believe all such rights have not been secured. I acknowledge that I retain ownership rights to the copyright of my work. I also retain the right to use all or part of this thesis or dissertation in future works, such as articles or books.
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