My Brothers’ Keeper

ScourTo rub hard especially with a rough material for cleansing

To go through or range over in or as if in a search

Solace

Susceptibility Sensitivity

...I get a little honest, and I ask

myselfIf the time come

will you save me if I ask for

help...

Absorb

TOO VentI put my problems in a box beside my tightest rhymesOn a lock and key, buried deep of in my mindAnd when it gets too full, and I can't close the lid

I spaz on my family and my closest friendsTrade my materials for a peace of mind

Im so close to Heaven, Hell I

need some time

Transition

from ChildhoodINTO

Incredible Adulthood

“When people

are free to do as

they please,

they usually imitate

each other.”Eric Hoffer

Strain

To cause a change of form or size in (a body) by application of external force

To compress painfully

To exert (as oneself) to the utmost To stretch

beyond a proper limitTo stretch to

maximum extension and tautness

Subjugate

To defeat and gain control of (someone or something) by the use of force

To conquer and gain the obedience of (a group of people...

To make submissive

(UNDER)Stand Your

Ground

Systematic TrendsGenerational Cycles

Societal Trends

● In 2012, 1,752,867 black men lived in U.S.● POVERTY: 66% of black kids born from 1985 through

2000 were raised in neighborhoods with at least a 20 percent poverty rate

● RESIDENTIAL: In Chicago 75% of highly mobile students: four or more moves over a two-year period) were black

● SUSPENSIONS: Data representing 85% of students in public schools, Black students comprise 18% but represent 46% of those students suspended more than once and 39% of those expelled.

● Violence: In 2010, there were over 3.5 more White males ages 15–19 than Black males of the same age

● Violence: 903 Black young men lost their lives to gun homicides in 2010

Biblical Context

FAITH

I Timothy 4:12

“Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young,but set an example for the believersin speech, in life, in love, in faith and in purity.”

Matthew 26:41

“Watch and pray so that you will not fall into

temptation.

The spirit is willing, but the body is weak.”

Compassion

6:58- 8:102:44 - 6:21

Fatherhood

Conviction HeMotions

Pick Up Your Brother

Fight BackBrotha

3:06- 8:50

About Ashton

How’d you define my brother’s

keeper?

Supply

To serve as a supply or substitute

To provide someone or something with (something that is needed or wanted)

To provide for

A Brother’s Sustainable Pledge

Scour Strain Subjugate Supply