By Lexi Belculfine / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Growing up at risk in Detroit, Jerome Bettis knew he could’t pay for college, but his athleticism landed him a football scholarship at the University of Notre Dame.
“Some kids won’t be as fast or as big as I was,” Mr. Bettis told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette during a phone interview, “ … but we have to try to devise similar opportunities for them.”
To do that, the former Steelers running back and a host of business, political and social leaders have teamed up with My Brother’s Keeper Alliance, a national nonprofit launched last week seeking to close opportunity and achievement gaps for young men of color by targeting six educational milestones in their lives.