Never Quit Never 4Get!
ABOUT DR. LEMONT A. BAKER,Ed.D
Born and raised in the Ida B. Wells Housing Projects in Chicago, Dr. Lemont Antwoin Baker overcame insurmountable obstacles, such as being ranked last in a class of 513 in high-school, recruited in a gang as a juvenile and engaged in negative adolescent behaviors, denied scholarships and an opportunity to play his senior year as a football captain and middle linebacker in high school due to poor grades, fired from a job, being a single parent, taking care of a mother who had multiple sclerosis and during graduate school caring for a father stricken with cancer. He beat the odds and developed a Never Quit Mindset and obtained a Bachelors and a Master’s Degree in Inner-City Studies from Northeastern Illinois University and graduating Summa Cum Laude with a GPA of 4.0. He also earned an Ed.D. specializing in Instructional Leadership from Northcentral University with honors. His research interests are in African American male high school dropouts, juvenile gangs, homeless youth and mentoring Black males. Furthermore, he developed a seminar and curriculum on Understanding African- American Inner- City Male Youth through the Harold Washington's City Colleges Encore Adjunct Program.
Dr. Baker's Doctoral Dissertation " A Qualitative Case Study of Charter School Teachers' Perspective on African American Males High School Dropout Rates in Urban Schools." from Northcentral University is published in ProQuest,
His Master Thesis is entitled, " The Making Of A Black Champion In Sports and Politics: A Study Of The Legacy Of Ralph H. Melcalf. " from Northeastern Illinois University, Jacob H. Carruthers for Inner City Studies.
Finally, he was featured in the Wall Street Journal article on Black Political Leadership in Chicago.
Dr. Lemont A. Baker has over 40 years experience impacting urban youth and the community. He has become one of the premier practitioner leaders in urban youth and young adults development, consultant, motivational speaker, scholar, activist,
social entrepreneur and award winning talk show host.
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STREET TALK WITH DR. LEMONT BAKER
Urban Talk Show
The award winning talk show Street Talk which aired on WKKC 89.3 FM in Chicago started as a community public affairs show with Director of Security Dana Starks and Sharkey at Kennedy- King College. He was a co-host and received the blessing from both of them to continue the show. It was voted the # 1 Black College Radio Show in the Country
for Most Community Involvement. by the National Association of Black College Broadcasters.
His love for radio started back when he was a teenager in Grand Rapid, Michigan under the mentorship of Minister Elmore McCoy on WEHB. He has worked in major markets such as Chicago and Michigan becoming a dominate force in the urban radio demographic. Street Talk with Dr. Baker brings music, relevant urban commentary-information, urban sports, entertainment, inspiration, and compelling interviews with locals for 15 minutes, such as Historian- Author Timuel Black, Founder of the Champs Mentoring Program Vondale Singleton, The Urban Translator Wallace "Gator" Bradley,
and Northeastern Illinois University Professor Robert Starks, just to name a few.
He also interviewed President Barack Obama before he took the political world by storm,
Motivational Speaker- Author Dr. Eric Thomas and legends Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee and Dick Clark.
He has interviewed and met Chicago's Rappers Kanye West, Twister, Actress Lisa Raye, and Rapper-DaBrat on CAN-TV
reaching thousands of households in the Greater Chicago land area, In addition, he used his radio and television platforms to lecture, mentor, provide internships, and train youth and young adults in community media broadcasting.
You can hear The Powerhouse Street Talk with Dr. Baker every Friday night from 9:00 p.m. to 9:15 p.m. on WBGX 1570 AM or watch and listen worldwide on the TuneIn app and Facebook Live.
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MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKING
Dr. Lemont A. Baker has been at the forefront of making a difference in urban youth and young adult's lives. Located at the intersection of community and life, He has been providing young people the values and skills they need to become exceptional human beings and community leaders.
NEVER QUIT MENTORING
"It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men."
Fredrick Douglass
Dr. Lemont A. Baker is a strong believer in the ability of our youth to succeed, especially black males.
His successful track record of relevant programming has impacted black families. His research and African - Centered Holistic approach to address their total well being through direct services, one-on-one, group, family, and community mentoring activities are designed to help youth reach their goals and fulfill their highest potential. He is proud of all of the youth he has mentored and loves watching them grow into bright-minded and confident individuals. See how he's involved in making a difference in youth's lives. The Never Quit Model addresses the issues of unproductive mindsets, life skill-sets, academics support, negative life style behavior modification, core value systems, cultural pedagogy, sports, trauma, spirituality, conflict resolutions, juvenile gang intervention, and personal development.
NQ URBAN SPORTS NETWORK
Showcasing Urban Sports
The NQ Urban Sports Network shines the spotlight on the hidden sports talent in Chicago. The NQ Urban Sports Network has over 60 organizations covering sports like baseball, softball, boxing, track and field, youth football, sports journalism, co-ed football, fencing and martial arts to name a few. The motto is “Never Quit. Never 4 Get” The vision of founder Dr. Lemont A. Baker is to preserve the history of pro, semi-pro, urban youth, and amateur Black athletes, provide media exposure to showcase urban sports in the city of Chicago and State of Illinois, create opportunities for inner city youth and adults to learn about the sport industry, and celebrate African American contributions through a variety of sports activities, mentoring, and anti-violence programs.
The NQ Urban Sports Network has participated in the Bud Billiken Parade for the past three years.
BUD BILLIKEN PARADE
NQ Urban Sports Network
FLAG FOOTBALL
INSPIRING YOUTH
Dr. Lemont A. Baker's aim is to provide youth with guidance and strategies so they can embrace their identity and reach their fullest potential. He inspires them with messages that are real, raw, and relevant.
DREAM CULTIVATION YOUTH
TRAINING INSTITUTE
Dream Cultivation started out as a youth development-mentoring program
in the Ida B. Wells Project on the south side of Chicago with the idea of teaching young African American males and females that they can Dream outside the walls of the hood and learn life skill-sets while cultivating their God-given talents and abilities to become contributing productive citizens. It matriculated into my nonprofit graduate degree class project that I developed an agency that is preparing young people and young adults through innovative full service programs. We provide services as consultants, workshops and through lecturing. In addition,we can train practitioners, educators, youth leaders, social workers, juvenile advocates, interdisciplinary, policy makers, institutional leaders, etc through best practices, 40 years of direct services experience and empirical observation on how to effectively work and engage with urban youth and young adults.
Langston Hughes
What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up Like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore--And then run? Does it stink like rotten meat?Or crust and sugar over--like a syrupy sweet? Maybe it just sagslike a heavy load.. Or does it explode?
Joseph dreamed a dream Gensis 37;5
Dr. Martin Luther King "I Have a Dream"
