ALL DAY LONG!!! We can debate the benefits of affordable health care, racial inequality, immigration, ethics in government, and at the end of the day, our leaders will have talked through, around and over the single most important issue of our time. NATIONAL SECURITY and how it relates to America's most vulnerable citizens is a conversation we must…

On behalf of the YouthUSA Corporate Village of beneficiaries, stakeholders and officers, we are, in this season, collectively mourning the loss of a pillar in our community and this nation. Ms. Evelyn Walker Armstrong served as a founding director for the national 501c3 public charity, Youth Achievers USA Institute (EIN 20-4945833). She contributed…

In our nation’s birthplace, the City of Brotherly Love, your American Mentors encountered a STATE OF THE UNION type question, Why does life have to be so difficult? YouthUSA National Director, Evelyn Walker Armstrong, at age 87, posed the question during a knowledge transfer session with fellow board members. Then, from her own experiences and insi…

Commentators on the color of Barack Obama’s Presidency suggest the era has been all about race. So, 2.1 billion believers on the planet will need to help some folks PAY ATTENTION. Your vision for America’s future has never been about race, but a walk in the light. The shared vision that somehow escapes airtime and print as well as justice for all i…

In our last episode, we took one more look -- hopefully our last -- at a Gulf of Mistrust between some law enforcers and citizens of color we had hoped justice would serve equally. We learned of a community of believers to include 2.1 billion Christians who could touch and agree that #BlackLivesMatter. We witnessed evidence of endless possibilities…

Last week we called on friends to include 2.1 billion Christians to touch and agree that Black Lives Matter. From our 2014 Christmas narrative we learned that lynching was a widely acknowledged practice in the United States until the middle of the 20th century. The U.S. Senate resolved to apologize for its own failure to enact anti-lynching legisla…

By Christmas Day 2014, every living president and every public official will need to recommit to a common American value. A simple statement, #BlackLivesMatter promotes a new season of healing not unlike that of 2000 years ago. The national motto, IN GOD WE TRUST is the best evidence that trust exists as an American value. But, we’ll need to weave …

Last week we took an advance look at your inheritance. It seems that far too many Americans have accepted the status of being minority--less than equal. It’s a dangerous position to put yourself in and, for your children, it’s proven to be life-threatening. We dropped by historic Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta for some insights on American Civi…

The Proverbs teach, when a good man dies, he leaves an inheritance to his grandchildren; but when a sinner dies, his wealth is stored up for the godly. Exactly how might that proverb apply to a generation of historically disadvantaged Americans in line to inherit something of value. This week your American Mentors are responding to events in Fergus…

Last week we started some asset mapping of brick and mortar in America’s birthplace. We’ve been looking for ways to sustain community building efforts and reverse what the president termed, a gulf of mistrust. W shared a timeline to economic inclusion and talked about ideas to empower, invest in and engage economically disadvantaged Americans as ba…

Last week we started some asset mapping of brick and mortar in America’s birthplace. We’ve been looking for ways to sustain community building efforts and reverse what the president termed, a “gulf of mistrust.” Whether or not you agree, bridging that gulf of mistrust and ENGAGING historically disadvantaged Americans is going to take a little more …

Last week we took a look at Wealth Transfer from Melchizedek to Malachi to Jesus to Your Street. We’ve been looking for ways to sustain community building efforts and reverse what the president termed, a “gulf of mistrust.” Many of the best practices available to support Positive Youth Development represent the bricks needed for sustainable futures…

In our last episode, we looked in on America’s Transformation from a nation of folks in debt to a nation of cheerful givers. We’ve been looking for ways to sustain community building efforts and reverse what the president termed, a gulf of mistrust. Whether or not you agree, bridging that gulf of mistrust and ENGAGING historically disadvantaged Ame…

This week we’re calling on a few good friends to take up the President’s challenge to be My Brother’s Keeper. We’ve been looking for ways to sustain community building efforts and reverse what the president termed, a “gulf of mistrust.” ARE YOU READY? That’s the question for political candidates and emerging leaders as voters move toward the polls …

You heard that Attorney General Eric Holder plans to resign, and you’ve been wondering about the president’s choice on Holder’s successor. You also heard from members of congress and candidates for office that elections in the U.S. are just around the corner. And then there’s the news of security threats in the Middle East, 3000 lives claimed by an…

In the news this week, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announces his resignation. In Washington, DC, the Congressional Black Caucus has been gathering historically disadvantaged Americans and prospective investors in America’s future for its Annual Legislative Conference. For more than 40 years, the CBC has served as an empowered voice for people…

Some folks play professional sports, others play the lottery, or build financial legacies by hook, crook, or waging war. Too many folks miss the meaning of true wealth and never fully enjoy the benefits of building a financial legacy. You see, it’s not what you gather that makes you rich. It’s what you scatter. To be wise is as good as being rich; …

President Obama has talked at length about his administration’s plans to counter terrorism. For some reason, some media folks continue to refer to the terrorist group as ISIS, even after the president’s reference to ISIL. A significant difference between ISIS and ISIL can be gleaned from your understanding of geographical influences on world histor…

Last week your American Mentors checked in on friends at the Children’s Defense Fund to learn of a major shift for the U.S. economy. We learned that children of color will represent the majority of the U.S. population by the year 2019. We asked ourselves, and now we ask you, what changes, if any, can be expected in the policies, programs and invest…

ECONOMIC SECURITY is as important a part of our national security as military policy. NATIONAL SECURITY can be described as a capacity to control domestic and foreign conditions that a given community believes necessary to enjoy its own self-determination or autonomy, prosperity and wellbeing. ECONOMIC SECURITY or financial security is the conditio…

In the Show Me state this week, the question, Am I My Brother’s Keeper takes us to the suburban St Louis, MO community of Ferguson, and Big Data's potential for producing chaos. Business as usual in the national media has been to raise the race card, carving a social justice angle out of a national security issue. Should the President of the United…

"In a sense we have come to our nation's capital to cash a check. When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir. This note was a promise that all men, yes, black men as well as white men, would be g…

Saturday, August 9 -- When we hear the words Southern Christian Leadership, do we think about an 1960's struggle for civil rights or a 21st Century approach to human rights? Depending on your perspective, any effort to promote equitable participation starts with making equality work where we live, learn, work and worship. Last week, we looked in on…

Our search for answers continues this week as we explore endless possibilities for the President’s My Brother’s Keeper Initiative. Last week we looked at the U.S. Department of Education as a self-proclaimed lead agency for interagency efforts on behalf of historically disadvantaged children. We also looked into a federal Interagency Working Group …

If you’ve been keeping up with the President’s progress on his own My Brother’s Keeper Initiative, you may want to know that My Brother’s Keeper is now focused on six milestones. We found these five: Getting a Healthy Start and Entering School Ready to LearnReading at Grade Level by Third GradeGraduating from High School Ready for College and Caree…

YOUTH ACHIEVERS USA INSTITUTE (YouthUSA) promotes asset building through its capacity-building program, THE ANNUAL YOUTH ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS. Since 1996, the program has partnered with families, churches and community groups to qualify youth as “assets” instead of liabilities to their communities. A total of 86 young Americans now qualify as benefic…

Last week we awakened from our 4th of July celebration to a reality of being an undervalued minority in America. Both macro and micro intervention is needed if WE THE PEOPLE are to address that recurrent problem reported to the President of the United States by his My Brother’s Keeper task force. This week we’re exploring causes and effects beyond …

Independence Day, commonly known as the Fourth of July, is a federal holiday in the United States commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, declaring independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain (now officially known as the United Kingdom). Independence Day is commonly associated with fireworks, parades, barbe…

AMWS, June 28, 2014 -- Rockets red glare, bombs bursting in air. Get ready to celebrate Independence Day. American Mentors are on the road taking a look back to colonial America and a vision of the future that far too many live as a dream deferred. Join us 12 noon eastern, 11 am central, 9 am on the west coast for your parallel pathway to independe…

Saturday, June 21st. AMERICAN MENTORS REPORT LIVE from Philadelphia, PA, known to some folks as the City of Brotherly Love. But how did this mid-atlantic metropolis get this nickname, and what lessons can we draw from the cradle of American democracy? Join us 12 noon eastern, 11 am central, 9 am on the west coast for look back to 18th century Ameri…

Saturday June 14th is FLAG DAY. AMERICAN MENTORS report on some little known secrets about relationships that can make a difference between economic haves and have nots. Join us 12 noon eastern, 11 am central, 9 am on the west coast for a FLAG DAY TO REMEMBER on YouthUSA Radio www.YouthUSA.net. Roughly two-thirds of Black and one-third of Hispanic …

2.1 Billion Christians worldwide banking on hope that THE BEST IS YET TO COME! This week Pentecost Sunday is on the Christian calendar. It’s the 50th day after the resurrection of Jesus The Christ, and a celebration of the return of power to the church through the Holy Spirit . What’s good to you and for you from the first lady’s garden? What’s lov…

The First Lady of the United States is once again planning an official state dinner for young winners just like you. Mrs Obama said, “Our Kids’ ‘State Dinner’ is one of my favorite events of the year, and the kid chefs who come from around the country never cease to impress and inspire me with their creativity and ingenuity. Some of America’s most …

TODAY!!! Saturday 5-24-2014 12 Noon EST 11 am CST 9 am PST A YouthUSA Fellowship is a mutually beneficial economic relationship between national and local partners on behalf of a YouthUSA Beneficiary. Join American Mentors Live Internet Radio – We’re inviting our listeners to weigh in on the topic, WHAT’S A FELLOWSHIP -- (657) 383-1405 Tune in to Y…

American Mentors is a call-in talkshow hosted by Youth Achievers USA. This week we're our special guests are on the line from New Orleans, LA talking about their Money-n-the-Bank.Af YouthUSA Radio

Join CEO Stephanie Walker Stradford for a conversation with philanthropist Evelyn Walker Armstrong, founder and chair of The J.D. and Laurena Walker Fund. The fund promotes positive values through investment in youth beneficiaries.Af YouthUSA Radio

A Chance To Win A Chance introduces the YouthUSA Money-n-the-Bank Program. Investments by the 501c3 public charity promote positive youth development where beneficiaries live, learn, work or worship. How does one become a beneficiary? Tune in for THE ANNUAL YOUTH ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS.Af YouthUSA Radio