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Throughout the black community, one of the most compelling issues is the socialization process of young people. There is a growing feeling of alienation and despondency being exhibited by youth and adults alike. Back To The Future addresses the issue of Western socialization and offers an African Life Paradigm For Life Cycles Development. Rites of Passage, the vessel for life cycles development, is discussed as a process for the shaping of centered and grounded African American adults.

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  1. 2749 Woodhill Road, 44104, Cleveland, Ohio

    Paul Hill (executive director of East End Neighborhood House)

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He is founder of the Rites of Passage Institute and was a W.K. Kellogg fellow.

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Hill, P. Back to the future. Journal of African American Men 1, 41–62 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02692091

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