1. Building a Bridge to Literacy for African American Male Youth: Casey Rawson Sandra Hughes-Hassell UNC Chapel Hill SILS How the Library Community Has Answered the Call

2. Statistics Why African American Males? 13% of African American male 4 th graders and 11% of African American male 8 th graders at or above proficient in reading Barely half graduate from high school 14% of the national population, but 5% of the college population and nearly 40% of the prison population Double the unemployment rate of White males Among adolescents and young adults, 8 times more likely to die from homicide than White males of the same age

3. About the summit

4. Researchers Publishers Authors School & Public Librarians School & Library Administrator s Policymakers Educators Students About the summit

6. http://bridgetolit.web.unc.edu

7. “Literacy is not just about decoding text. It is about becoming a superior human being that can act powerfully upon the world.” - Ernest Morrell, Ph.D.

9. Webinar http://www.learnnc.org/lp/pages/7857

10. Professional Development Toolkit http://librariesliteracyandaamaleyouth.weebly.com/

11. A Call to Action

12. Library Walk http://bridgetolit.web.unc.edu/?page_id=842

13. Levels of Librarian Involvement Transformative http://tinyurl.com/liblevels

14. Identifying Enabling Texts Tool

15. Teacher PD

16. Blue Ribbon Council http://www.slideshare.net/mrsbunner/finding-our-voices-17092841

17. Diversifying the Curriculum

18. Statewide Librarian Workshop

19. Our Challenge to You What can YOUR library do to address the literacy needs of African American male youth?

20. Join the Conversation! Sandra Hughes-Hassell smhughes@email.unc.edu Casey Rawson crawson@email.unc.edu http://bridgetolit.web.unc.edu