The CACRoP is a growing community of practitioners, facilitators, scholars,  parents, and activist committed to the advocation, study, development, and practice of an African-centered rites of passage process.  The coalition is open to anyone who advocates for African-centered rites of passage as the fundamental process by which an authentic African sense of self is developed.
Ten Basic Assumptions of African Centered Rites of Passage (adopted in part from Dr. Anthony Mensah): The Creator does not create for failure. All humans are one with the Cosmos (the Creator and creation). Every person has the capacity to succeed. We are born with a driving intent to express the capacity to succeed. When the intent of the Creator is not met with appropriate content, a person’s potential for success is ruined. Inappropriate content brings reaction, and not intellectual growth, and the child’s ability to interact (use his or her intelligence) falls increasingly behind.  Thus, the further one’s intelligence falls behind, the more energy must go into compensation. With the infusion of inappropriate content, the young person’s intelligence is still out there in the previous passage, trying to make functional [sense] the intent of the Creator. He who does not cultivate his field will die of hunger. Rites of Passage in the child’s education provides a meaningful response to the intent.  The success of the Creator’s plan hinges directly on the person (infant, child, adolescent, or adult) being provided with content proper for the intent of that person. All persons who experience this type of education will benefit from it.
Resources by Dr. Lathardus Goggins II: African-centered Rites of Passage: 101 Akan Day Names & Calculate your birth "day" Nuggets of Wisdom Posters Presentations and handouts "I knew I was a man when ..." Effective Interactions with African-American Males The Black Child & Social Emotional Learning Academic STARS Retention Model: An Empirical Investigation  The effectiveness of African-centered Rites of Passage to transition first year college students. Works citing African Centered Rites of Passage and Education Works citing Bringing the Light Into a New Day: African-centered Rites of Passage Bibliography Read an excerpt Bibliography Read narratives on the rites of passage process   More books on African-centered rites of passage can be found at [Click here] for more books on the African-centered "rites", thought and philosophy   Featured Sites Golden Ciphers Colorado State University’s Black/African American Cultural Center Rites of Passage program Paul Hill Jr. - Rituals and Community Regeneration Join the CACRoP on acebook. Coalition for African Centered Rites of Passage on facebook Learn to: Produce/provide food ... Garden, Fish, Hunt, ( and prepare a meal) "Work the hands" ... Martial Arts (hand to hand and weapons) & Trade Skills (be able to build/fix "something") Effectively manipulate the political system in which you find yourself (i.e. that operates in your community). Survive "the encounter" Strategize to express the authentic self through one's unique genius.   OTHER RECOMMENDED WEB SITES: Golden Ciphers Paul Hill Jr. TEDx Cleveland New Initiatives Origin 7 Steps to Raising Exceptional African American Boys URGENT. Inc. Malika Kambe Umfazi (MKU) Sorority, Inc. MKU   The Frator Heru Institute Lane Community College Rites of Passage Black Male Development Symposium The National Rites of Passage Institute Bethany House Academy Black is Beautifu Blogl / Blalck Rites of Passge One Circle Foundation Rites of Passage for Girls (click the "google" for more) African Centered Rites of Passage Search through journal articles, abstracts and other scholarly literature QUICK SEARCH AFRICAN-CENTERED RITES OF PASSAGE Other Research Links: Parents, Schools, and Equity: Unique Supports for Black High Achievement PPT Parental Racial Socialization as a Moderator of the Effects of Racial Discrimination on Educational Success Among African American Adolescents Hidden Voices of Black Men: Meaning, Structure and Complexity of Manhood Impact Evaluation of a Rites of Passage Mentoring Program The influence of African centered rites of passage on racial identity and psycho-social competency of African-American adolescent females Changing Narratives, Changing Destiny: Myth, Ritual and Afrocentric Identity Construction at the National Rites of Passage Institute Books on or related to the African-Centered rites of passage process. Rites of passage: Using ritual to reclaim young people in trouble with the law Unyago: An African-American Initiation into Adulthood Philadelphia, 1991 The Life Cycle and Rites of Passage: Birth, Puberty and Marriage Extracting the Gold Inherent Within - Alchemy (Media Page) founded by Kwame Scruggs Use of Rites of Passage Programs to Foster Resilience in African American Students Training African American Parents for Success African Centered Curriculum and Teacher Efficacy: Contributors to African American Student Achievement Enhancing the Cultural Identity of Early Adolescent Male African Americans A Participant Observation Case Study Using Van Gennep's Rites of Passage Theory at a "Summer Transitional Program" Initiations Rituals Rites of Passage for Youth, Related Cultural Empowerment Programs African American Celebrations in the Southeast
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