2011 Summer Institutes

In the summer of 2011, the Center sponsored four days of institutes focused on Black males.  Each institute consisted of two presentations by experts on violence, employment, education, health and mental health for Black males in the Pittsburgh area. These institutes were generously funded by The Pittsburgh Foundation.

June 2  Black Male Gun Violence 

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  • Richard Garland, Executive Director, One Vision One Life
  • Nathan Harper, Pittsburgh Chief of Police

Guest Ph.D. Students from Other Social Work Schools

  • Charles Graham, Doctoral Student, University of Michigan

June 6  Black Male Employment 

  • Employing Less-Educated Black Men
    Ronald Mincy, Professor, School of Social Work, Columbia University
  • Employing Educated Black Men 
    William Rodgers III, Professor, Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, and Chief Economist, Heldric Center for Workforce Development Rutgers University
  • Black Male Employment Problems and Solutions
    William E. Spriggs, Assistant Secretary for Policy, U.S. Department of Labor

June 27  Black Male Health/Mental Health 

  • Black Male Health
    Thomas LaVeist, Director, Hopkins Center for Health Disparities Solutions; Professor, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University
  • Man Up Man Down: Black Men Talk about Manhood, Stress, and Depression
    Harold Neighbors, Professor, Health Behavior and Health Education; Director, Center for Research on Ethnicity and Health; Director, Program for Research on Black Americans, University of Michigan

July 7  Black Male Education