{"id":776,"date":"2019-02-18T19:52:38","date_gmt":"2019-02-19T00:52:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.indianablackexpo.com\/?p=776"},"modified":"2019-03-19T09:28:30","modified_gmt":"2019-03-19T13:28:30","slug":"indiana-black-expo-recognized-by-obama-foundation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.indianablackexpo.com\/indiana-black-expo-recognized-by-obama-foundation\/","title":{"rendered":"Indiana Black Expo recognized by Obama Foundation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_row thb_divider_position=&#8221;bottom&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text]Indiana Black Expo has been named by the Obama Foundation&#8217;s My Brother&#8217;s Keeper Alliance (MBKA) as a Community to Watch for our work to improve life outcomes for boys and young men of color in Central Indiana. IBE will join former President Barack Obama and several organizations across the country to share strategies that are working, highlight best practices and discuss challenges. We are excited to share and learn ways to improve our work.<\/p>\n<p>MBKRising will be held in Oakland, California February 18-20. MBKRising will celebrate the progress our community has made, highlighting what is working to improve the lives of boys and young men of color, while lifting up the young voices in the room.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.indianablackexpo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/MBKA-Community-to-Watch-Letter-_-Indiana-Black-Expo-Inc_.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">See the notification letter<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Image courtesy of The Obama Foundation[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row thb_divider_position=&#8221;bottom&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text]Indiana Black Expo has been named by the Obama Foundation&#8217;s My Brother&#8217;s Keeper Alliance (MBKA) as a Community to Watch for our work to improve life outcomes for boys and young men of color in Central Indiana. IBE will join former President Barack Obama and several organizations across the country to share strategies that&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":778,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Indiana Black Expo recognized by Obama Foundation - Indiana Black Expo<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Obama Foundation has has recognized Indiana Black Expo as a rising community to watch within their My Brother&#039;s Keep initiative.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indianablackexpo.com\/indiana-black-expo-recognized-by-obama-foundation\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Indiana Black Expo recognized by Obama Foundation - 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