Governor Josh Shapiro

And for me, it's not just a it's not a, you know, some data conversation. It's personal. Right. I'm a kid who grew up and was raised by an immigrant single mom who did not get her first job until with benefits until I was 14 years old. And I'm also a kid who had handcuffs on my wrist by the time I was 11.

And for me, it's not just a it's not a, you know, some data conversation. It's personal. Right. I'm a kid who grew up and was raised by an immigrant single mom who did not get her first job until with benefits until I was 14 years old. And I'm also a kid who had handcuffs on my wrist by the time I was 11.

I'm a kid who was who was who was sent to a military school when I was 13, joined the army when I was 17 years old, went to a two year college, was a person who came up in communities that were over policed. And we knew it and we knew that the way they oftentimes dealt with young boys was simply by criminalizing us.

I'm a kid who was who was who was sent to a military school when I was 13, joined the army when I was 17 years old, went to a two year college, was a person who came up in communities that were over policed. And we knew it and we knew that the way they oftentimes dealt with young boys was simply by criminalizing us.

I'm a kid who was who was who was sent to a military school when I was 13, joined the army when I was 17 years old, went to a two year college, was a person who came up in communities that were over policed. And we knew it and we knew that the way they oftentimes dealt with young boys was simply by criminalizing us.

And so this is a very personal thing for me and something that I knew that people can't just wake up to this because they look at election rolls. If you're looking at an election, you caught it too late because that's the tale. We have young men and boys who feel deeply disillusioned by this system because the system has left them behind.

And so this is a very personal thing for me and something that I knew that people can't just wake up to this because they look at election rolls. If you're looking at an election, you caught it too late because that's the tale. We have young men and boys who feel deeply disillusioned by this system because the system has left them behind.

And so this is a very personal thing for me and something that I knew that people can't just wake up to this because they look at election rolls. If you're looking at an election, you caught it too late because that's the tale. We have young men and boys who feel deeply disillusioned by this system because the system has left them behind.

And so as a state, we're making a very deliberate effort to be able to address this. I've actually ordered all of my cabinet secretaries and all of my agency heads where this is now a performance indicator for them about what are they doing in their own areas to be able to impact the prospects for young men and boys.

And so as a state, we're making a very deliberate effort to be able to address this. I've actually ordered all of my cabinet secretaries and all of my agency heads where this is now a performance indicator for them about what are they doing in their own areas to be able to impact the prospects for young men and boys.

And so as a state, we're making a very deliberate effort to be able to address this. I've actually ordered all of my cabinet secretaries and all of my agency heads where this is now a performance indicator for them about what are they doing in their own areas to be able to impact the prospects for young men and boys.

Where we are doing things like putting a core focus of getting more men inside of the classroom.

Where we are doing things like putting a core focus of getting more men inside of the classroom.

Where we are doing things like putting a core focus of getting more men inside of the classroom.

putting a focus on getting more men inside of nursing, the nursing industry in places where we know there's been a dearth and a pullback from men, doing more when it comes to job training and apprenticeship programs, doing more to be able to help the young men who are involved in our juvenile justice system.

putting a focus on getting more men inside of nursing, the nursing industry in places where we know there's been a dearth and a pullback from men, doing more when it comes to job training and apprenticeship programs, doing more to be able to help the young men who are involved in our juvenile justice system.

putting a focus on getting more men inside of nursing, the nursing industry in places where we know there's been a dearth and a pullback from men, doing more when it comes to job training and apprenticeship programs, doing more to be able to help the young men who are involved in our juvenile justice system.

Because if you look at the juvenile justice system in the state of Maryland and around the country, it is predominantly dominated by young boys. So we've got to get serious about this. And if you care about the growth

Because if you look at the juvenile justice system in the state of Maryland and around the country, it is predominantly dominated by young boys. So we've got to get serious about this. And if you care about the growth

Because if you look at the juvenile justice system in the state of Maryland and around the country, it is predominantly dominated by young boys. So we've got to get serious about this. And if you care about the growth