BlackAmericaWeb.com reported that more than 255,000 children are served by Big Brothers Big Sisters\u2019 donor-funded program. However, Black boys comprise a disproportionate number of those waiting to be matched with mentors in nearly 400 agencies around the nation.<\/p>\n
The fraternities\u2019 leaders have agreed to use their social networking sites like Facebook, MySpace and Twitter, to encourage men to visit Big Brothers Big Sisters\u2019 Web site and donate or volunteer.
\nBut the neighborhood is in the midst of a profound and accelerating shift. In greater Harlem, which runs river to river, and from East 96th Street and West 106th Street to West 155th Street, blacks are no longer a majority of the population \u2014 a shift that actually occurred a decade ago, but was largely overlooked.<\/p>\n
By 2008, their share had declined to 4 in 10 residents. Since 2000, central Harlem\u2019s population has grown more than in any other decade since the 1940s, to 126,000 from 109,000, but its black population \u2014 about 77,000 in central Harlem and about twice that in greater Harlem \u2014 is smaller than at any time since the 1920s.<\/p>\n