CHICAGO (AP) — A top minister says the Nation of Islam has intensified efforts to reach troubled black youth and will focus much of its annual Saviours Day convention on the issue.
The convention starts Friday and ends Sunday with Minister Louis Farrakhan’s speech.
Reform has been central to the Chicago-based movement that espouses black nationalism.
But the group has increased its work with teenagers, particularly after last year’s beating death of Chicago student Derrion Albert.
The teen’s graphic death was captured on a cell phone camera.
Ishmael Muhammad is the national assisting minister. He’s been speaking in schools since Albert’s death.
He says that later this year the Nation will start a youth mentoring program for those who were incarcerated.
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Nation of Islam Saviours Day 2010: noisd.org
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