Manhood Development Class

" We've been together right now what almost three weeks. Guys -- doing excellent. For better than me."

" This is typical classroom at Oakland high school but he is not atypical class this is manhood development --"

" But if you're you don't -- my. That's why does god look we will not. Well I guess I paid."

" Open unified as the first in the nation created office of African American male achievement to help the boys defied the odds. That means putting a positive male role model like Seattle Robinson in class with the boys for an hour every school day for an entire year on this -- the students are reflecting about themselves."

" Not -- started a bit after it was the government gave -- problems closing. You can he."

" Only there."

" He's teens don't just talk about their past they talk about their futures with a college counselor from UC Berkeley. If they graduate with a two point 70 grade point average or better he's based scholarship fund is offering them 161000 dollars in scholarship money."

" We saw a significant increase for those boys at participated Monday to Friday. During the school day in attendance."

" And a significant decrease in disciplinary issues -- exacerbate 500 African American boys in the district's kindergarten through twelfth grade classes. Over and over they said."

" And we go to school typically the adults on campus Tennessee yes that is if we did or respond to us is that we've done something wrong. And we don't have the opportunity to really share who we are in this class actually does just the opposite."

" We come -- we feel welcome and that's what some of these teens say they're feeling just a month into the program."

" he -- sort of lean on -- so I think. If we he says that's enough he Boca unsolicited that is not what this night and."

" In the end. More of -- man."

" For sure. Four. Gillian Taylor wants to go to college but before he does he and the rest of the boys will have to beat the odds that extend well beyond the classroom. If they fail Chapman says we all fail it's."

" All of our problems all of our struggle is all of our challenge on the come together in service of -- true."

" In Oakland presented NBC clearing."