Chandra White-Cummings, JD is senior fellow for the Center of Health Equity for the Black Man's Think Tank. She will be posting commentary and analyses soon. Check back often.

The Black Man's Think Tank welcomes Chandra White-Cummings, senior fellow for the Center for Health Equity. Her work will focus on initiating critical analyses accessible to both lay community members and professional practitioners, and will emphasize and highlight a holistic paradigm for understanding and impacting vital community issues. The work will particularly address health issues-especially those involving minority disparities; and the legal system as it relates to minority community political engagement.

This article addresses fake chain letters but recognizes their power to inform many people for low costs. It also provides a chain letter that addresses the Black middle and upper classes.

11th Annual Black Man’s Think Conference

        Dayton, Ohio – Sinclair Community College will host the 11th annual Black Man’s Think Tank Conference, entitled 21st Century Global Directions for African American Males . It takes place Friday and Saturday, April 8th-9th, at Sinclair Community College in the lower level of Building 8. This year’s conference will address strategies and programs that educate, inform, inspire, and prepare individuals for the challenges and opportunities of the 21st century.

       Two keynote speakers are scheduled to speak at this event: David Lawrence, who is principal of Thurgood Marshall High School in Dayton and Tyrone White, who is a national speaker and author of “Parenting a Winner”. Mr. Lawrence will speak Friday at 11:00 a.m. on black males: collateral damage in the educational system while Mr. White will speak Saturday at 1:00 p.m. on creating opportunities in the global marketplace at the click of a button.

       On Saturday, we debut a black male...