Nat'l List of Rites Passage Programs

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OHIO


The Mawasi Company
P.O. Box 1852
Akron, OH 44309
(330) 990-6125
Fax/Voice: (330) 836-1199
Lathardus Goggins II

Asili Inc.
990 Peckham Street
Akron, OH 44320
(330) 762-7011


Project A.G.A.P.E.
442 Bell Street
Akron, OH 44307
(330) 253-3747


W.A.T.O.E.S. Out Reach Programs
129 14th Street NE
Canton, OH 44714
(330) 588-9262


Paul Hill, Jr.
2749 Woodhill Road
Cleveland, OH 44104
(216) 791-9378
Fax: (216) 791-9754


Ashe, Ltd.
1861 West 25th Street
Cleveland, OH 44113
(216) 696-0777
E-mail: ashe1ltd@aol.com or jay3a@aol.com


Columbus Urban League Excell
700 Bryden Road, Suite 230
Columbus, OH 43215
Ann Fornataro


Wilberforce University
Wliberforce, OH
(513) 376-2911
Fax: (513) 376-4782
Rev. Walter Green


ARKANSAS


Watershed
3701 Confederate Boulevard
Little Rock, AR 72206
(501) 490-2165


Black Community Developers
400 West 13th Street
Little Rock, AR 72204
(501) 663-9181


CALIFORNIA


Simba, Inc.
P.O. Box 27548
Oakland, CA 94602
(510) 763-2796
Fax: (510) 839-6567


African American Women on Tour
National Empowerment Conference
Girls Rites of Passage and Elder Training
Emily Gunter


Stanford University's Black Community
Services Center
418 Santa Teresa
Stanford, CA 94305
(415) 723-1587


Organization of Cultural Renaissance
P.O. Box 13055
Berkeley, CA 94712-4055
(510) 233-6680
Contact: Ikenna Ubaka-Coulter
Sidney Coulter


Ikenna Ubaka-Coulter
Operations Manager
The Mentoring Center
1221 Preservation Parkway, Suite 200
Oakland, CA 94612
(510) 891-0427
(510) 891-0492 Fax
Ikenna Ubaka-Coulter <ocr@citycom.com>

COLORADO


Colorado Black Round Tables
1520 York Street
Denver, CO 80206
(303) 329-3513
Gerrie Grimes


CONNECTICUT


Always On Saturday
30 Arbor Street
Hartford, CT 06106
(203) 722-6865
Amos Smith


City-Wide Youth Coalition
Hill Co-Op Youth Services
P.O. Box 7582
New Haven, CT 06519
(203) 624-4108


C.T.E.
Stamfard, CT
(203) 327-3260
Fax: (203) 348-9483
Phillip McKain


Yerwood
Stamford, CT
(203) 327-2790
Fax: (203) 316-8229
Rodney Fuller


FLORIDA


Comprehensive Family Services
Pinella County Omni Center
Largo, FL 34648
(813) 581-7661


Time Out- Drugs Destroy Dreams
923 Old Bainbridge Road
Tallahassee, FL 32303
(904) 222-6111


Urban League-Tampa Trust
2313 E. 28th Ave.
Tampa, FL 33605
(813) 247-6472
Fax: (813) 221-3947


The Reichert House
POBox 94
Gainesville Fla, 32601.
352-334-2367 (work)
Tony Jones, Director
E-mail: DHXC49A@prodigy.com


GEORGIA


Center for Health and Development
101 Marietta Street, N.W.
Suite 3525
Atlanta, GA 30303
(404) 223-3222
Fax (404) 223-3236


Project Success
P.O. Box 115357
Atlanta, GA 30310
(404) 522-7353


Sunshine Project
2283 Baker Road, N.W.
Atlanta, GA 30318
(404) 792-5661
Fax: (404) 792-5665
Linda Boyd-Taylor


Joyland High Point Community
Coalition
P.O. Box 150429
Atlanta, GA 30315
(404) 622-1577
James Calloway


Freedom Now Bookstore
2118 Candler Road
Decatur, GA 30032
(404) 288-9880
Fax: (404) 288-8786
Bro. Watani Tyehimba


ILLINOIS


Youth Guidance/Manhood Development Program
Harper High School
6520 South Wood
Chicago, IL 60636
(312) 535-9461
Louis Wright


Trinity United Church of Christ
Trinity Isuthu Institute
400 West 95th Street
Chicago, IL 30328
(312) 962-5699
Fax: (312) 233-6669
Eric Williams





African-American Male Education Network
9824 South Western Ave.
Suite 175
Evergreen Park, IL 60643
(708) 720-0235
Fax: (708) 499-6662
Artemus Taylor

Tri- County Urban League
317 South MacArthur Highway
Peoria, IL 61605-4366
(309) 673-7474
Fax: (309) 672-4366


Leadership Development Institute
1024 E. 161st Street
S. Holland, IL 60473
(708) 339-8929

INDIANA


MECCA

P.O. Box 4429
Gary, IN 46404
(219) 881-1161
Fax: (219) 881-0006
Yahya Rasheed


KANSAS

Institute For Black Leadership
Development and Research
University of Kansas
1028 Dole
Lawerence, KS 66045
(913) 864-3990
Fax (913) 864-3994


LOUISIANA


Kuji Center
624 Louisiana Ave.
New Orleans, LA 70115
(504) 895-6667
Fax: (504) 895-6668
Robert Mayfield

Morris F.X. Jeff, JR., DSW
(504) 288-9089
Fax: (504) 565-7662


MARYLAND


African- American Men's Leadership Council
2552 McCulloh Street
Baltimore, MD 21217
(410) 225-7012
Darryl Kennen

Payne Memorial Church
Baltimore, MD
(410) 669-8739
Fax: (410) 728-4880

Project Sisterhood
P. O. Box 3817
Salisbury, Maryland 21802
(410) 548-7151
Rachel S. Polk, Founder
E-Mail: raepolk@aol.com

The National Trust for the Development of African American Men
7411 Riggs Road, Suite 424/426
Adelphi, MD 20783
(301) 445-3077
Fax: (301) 445-3584


MASSACHUSETTS

Pual Roberson Institute
(617) 373-3141


MICHIGAN


Operation Get Down
9980 Gratiot
Detroit, MI 48213
(313) 921-9422
Fax: (313) 921-9421

Detroit Urban League
Male Responsibility
208 Mack Ave.
Detroit, MI 48201
(313) 832-4600
Fax: (313) 832-3222

Van Adams


The Isuthu Institute
James E. Wadsworth Center
19621 West McNichols
Detroit, MI 48219
(313) 248-2770
Chris Carswell
Aisha Shule
W.E.B. Du Bois Preparatory
17500 Myers
Detroit, MI 48235
(313) 345-6050
Fax: (313) 345-1059
Imani Humphrey


MISSOURI


Wellston School District
Rites of Passage
6574 St. Louis Ave.
St. Louis, MO 63121
(314) 382-0336


NEBRASKA

Boys and Girls Club of Omaha
2200 North 20th Street
Omaha, NE 68110
(402) 342-1600
Fax: (402) 345-3154

NEW JERSEY


Urban League of Hudson County
779 Bergen Ave.
Jersey City , NJ 07306
(201) 868-0080
Sergio Rodriquez

Patterson Youth Council
N.A.A.C.P.
P.O. Box 5740
Patterson, NJ 07509
(201) 742-7394

NEW YORK



National Black Youth Leadership
Council
250 W. 54th Street, Suite 800
New York, NY 10019
(212) 541-7600

Manhattan Valley Youth Program
1047 Amsterdam Ave.
New York, NY 10025
(212) 222-2110


Urban League of Rochester
Project Choice/ The Young Fathers
265 North Clinton Ave.
Rochester, NY 14605
(716) 325-6530
Fax: (716) 325-4864
Lynn Turner


NORTH CAROLINA

Rites of Passage
2804 C. Bainbridge Drive
Durham, NC 27713
(919) 544-2925
Dr. June Murray

Edgemont Community Center
P.O. Box 1724
1031 Kenrick Circle
Durham, NC 27704
(919) 682-8894
Fax; (919) 683-6238
Rosalyn Bell

St. Joesph Historic Foundation
Hayti Heritage Center
804 Old Fayetteville Street
Durham, NC 27707
(919) 683-1709
Fax: (919) 688-0109

Arlond Dennis / Al Davis


Keys Program
P.O. Box 5881
Raleigh, NC 27650
Voice/Fax: (919) 515-1725
Voice/Fax: (919) 832-1503
E-mail: Craig@poe.coe.ncsu.edu
Dr. Craig C. Brookins

OKLAHOMA


Male Rap

Responsible Approach To Parenting

Metropolitan Tulsa Urban League
240 E. Apache
Tulsa, OK 74106-3199
(918) 584-0001
Fax: (918) 584-3520


OREGON

African American Community Coalition
P.O. Box 11351
Eugene, OR 97440
(541) 302-3020
Marcus Woods

The Bridge Builders
Post Office Box 11302
Portland, OR 97211-0302
(503) 306-2960
Kevin "Hannibal" Fuller
Executive Director

Bob "Jawanza" Williams
Associate Director
bridge7builders@hotmail.com

PENNSYLVANIA

Umoja Boystown
1410 North Frazier Street
Philadelphia, PA 19131
(215) 473-5893
Fax: (215) 879-5340

The Lotus Academy
Council of Independent. Black Institutes
340 East Haines Street
Philadelphia, PA 19411
(215) 438-7500
Fax: (215) 438-7596


The Nubani Dominion
Afrikan Rites Of Passage Systems
2206 Cecil B. Moore Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19121-4016
215.769.8610 (O); 877.864.4845 (F)
Onyx-Akoben@webtv.net
Contact Person: Senior Baba Heru Tehuti Mesh

TENNESSEE

100 Black Men
730 Martin Luther King Blvd.
P.O. Box 11106
Chattanooga, TN 37401
(423) 756-1762
Fax: (423) 267-2622


TEXAS

West Dallas Community Center
Positive Directions
8200 Brook River Drive,
Suite N. 704
Dallas, TX 75247
(214) 634-7691
Fax: (214) 634-2707
Zachary Thompson


The Fifth Ward Enrichment Program
4014 Market Street
Houston, TX 77020

(713) 229-8353
Ernest McMillen


S.H.A.P.E. Community Center, Inc.
P.O. Box 300326
Houston, Texas 77230-0326
(713) 521-0629


VIRGINIA


African-American Male Cultural
Leadership Counsel
2 Janet Circle
Newport News, VA 23601
(804) 596-0281

IMANI Foundation, Inc. - Manhood Through Uplft ROP
919 Marietta Ave.
Norfolk, VA 23513
(757) 855-7033 - Baba Askia Mentuhotep
(757) 490-8172 - Baba Okeba Kwame Ososyu
Maasai7@worldnet.att.net

Uhuru Na Kazi (Freedom with works)
Female Rites Society
P.O. Box 7656
Portsmith, VA 23707
Voice/Fax: (804) 461-1644

Pride Through Kulture
P.O. Box 7656
Portsmith, VA 23707
Voice/Fax: (804) 461-1644

Polemical Success International, INC.
D.B.A./P.S.I., Inc.
4101 Mount Sinai Road
Prince George, VA 23707
(804) 458-0803
Fax: (804) 458-0803



WASHINGTON


The Rites of Passage Experience (ROPE)
2615 South Jackson
Seattle, WA 98144
(206) 726-9572
Fax: (206) 726-9349
E-mail: rope@scn.org

WASHINGTON D.C.

Project 2000 Incorporated
411 8th Street
Washington D.C. 20003
(202) 543-2309
Fax: (202) 547-2338

Progressive Life Center
1123 11th Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20001
(202) 842-4570 / (202) 842-2016
Fax: (202) 842-0604

WISCONSIN

Asentu Rites of Passage Institute Inc.
P.O. Box 05747
Milwaukee, WI 53205
Efua Debra Fields, Executive Director
(414) 342-1486 Fax (414) 342-2238
e-mail Asenturopi@cs.com

Malcolm X Academy
2760 N. First Street
Milwaukee, WI 53212
(414) 264-0160
Fax: (414) 264-6777
Kenneth Holt

Milwaukee Urban League
2800 West Wright Street
Milwaukee, WI 53210
(414) 374-5850
Fax: (414) 562-0249



Hillside Boys And Girls Club
623 West Cherry Street
Milwaukee, WI 53212
(414) 291-0347