Building Bonds, Breaking B.A.R.S.

Building Bonds, Breaking B.A.R.S.

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Building Bonds, Breaking B.A.R.S. (Barriers Against Reaching Success) is an officially recognized St

Our program seeks to unite the entire African-American male community on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in an effort to raise awareness about the disproportionate number of minority youth in the juvenile justice system, while actively working to reduce recidivism rates. We believe that offering African-American, college-aged men as positive role models to the youth o

Photos 04/24/2014

The Men of B4 (2013-2014) before our pick-up game with the students at the C.A. Dillon Youth Development Center.

Photos 03/31/2014

We will be in the Pit from 11am to 2pm tomorrow for our 'Bring a Book, Break Some BARS' book drive! Bring by any of your spare educational or recreational books. We are also taking composition books!

03/03/2014

Due to a mishap in scheduling for events, our B4 BENEFIT NIGHT will be POSTPONED until after Spring Break! We will provide you all with a secure date for the Benefit Night in the next few days.

Photos 02/26/2014

We have rescheduled the date! On March 20th, we will be hosting a benefit night at TopThis! on Franklin Street! We plan to raise money to purchase school supplies for students at the Youth Development Center in Butner, NC. With the purchase of a combo and a $2 cash donation, a drink will be included. Further details will be provided very soon. Come out to enjoy some great food and help your community!

01/18/2013

We would like to extend a HUGE thanks to the folks at Carolina Leadership Development for their generous donation to our book drive!

08/30/2012

Concerned about juvenile justice? Do you want to play a more positive role for our incarcerated youth? Does this issue affect you personally? If so, then you should come to our first Interest Meeting of the year TONIGHT at 7pm in the Stone Center room 200.

Uncompromising Photos Expose Juvenile Detention in America 04/11/2012

The ugliness of Juvenile Detention Facilities across the nation. We need to do better.

Uncompromising Photos Expose Juvenile Detention in America On any given night in the U.S., there are approximately 60,500 youth confined in juvenile correctional facilities or other residential programs. Photographer Richard Ross has spent the past five years criss-crossing the country photographing the architecture, cells, classrooms and inhabitants of the...

Photos 04/05/2012

New Logo!

Photos 04/05/2012
Photos 03/28/2012

UNC Black Law Students Association will be having a discussion entitled "Failures in the Criminal Justice System: The Trayvon Martin Case" on Wednesday, April 4th at 5:30 pm in Room 5042 of the UNC Law School. We hope to see you there! Please share!

03/21/2012

Congratulations to the winners of tonight's elections! The 2012-2013 Executive Board welcomes: Tirence Horne, Financial Manager; Russell Maxwell, Post-Release Committee Director; and Michael Steele, Youth Development Center and Community Outreach Director.

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