Building Healthy Communities - A Focus on Young Men and Boys of Color

The data on nearly every measure of health and well-being make clear that boys and young men of color face a uniquely daunting set of barriers that inhibit their chances of becoming healthy, contributing members of society. The contributors in this collected volume detail how these racial/ethnic and gender disparities in community health, education, and economic outcomes develop, how they persist over time, and how they come to have profound, long-lasting effects on American families and on national and community life. Using a multidisciplinary lens, the authors shed light on how we might build healthier communities across the nation through a focus on young men and boys of colon If we take the right actions now, the work presented in this volume suggests a promising prognosisùthese investments in communities, systems, and institutions will help not just these young men and boys achieve a brighter future, but enable all of us to realize a more just, productive nation. Christopher Edley Jr. joined the University of California, Berkeley School of Law as Dean and Professor of Law in 2004, after 23 years as a professor at Harvard Law School and faculty director of the Harvard Civil Rig