Christopher Rucker II and Damontae Warren are visited by Dar’tavous Dorsey, then a supervisor with the lauded Chicago mentoring program Becoming A Man a week into their freshman year at Philander Smith College in Little Rock, Arkansas. Rucker just finished college in 2 1⁄2 years with a 4.0 GPA. Warren will finish next fall, in 3 1⁄2 years.
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Christopher Rucker II was emotionally floundering his freshman year at Bronzeville Scholastic Institute High School when he learned about the Becoming A Man (BAM) program that serves at-risk Chicago Public Schools youth.
His father, who promised to be in the audience when Rucker gave his eighth-grade valedictorian speech at Harold Washington Elementary, died of a sudden heart attack.
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Former Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Former First Lady Amy Rule Donate $50,000 to Create College Scholarships for BAM and WOW Alumni
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CHICAGO, Jan. 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and former First Lady Amy Rule announced a $50,000 philanthropic gift in support of the evidence-based Becoming A Man® (BAM®) and Working on Womanhood (WOW) programs, developed and implemented by nonprofit Youth Guidance. The donation will be utilized to provide scholarships to BAM and WOW Alumni, enabling students who face a gap between the available financial aid and their college costs to pursue a college education.