The Science Of Manhood

This isn’t your feel good fiction nor is it your drama filled novel; this is a direct life line thrown in a desperate attempt to help revive the rapidly decaying image of young black men and males in general. Unfortunately we are running out of time. The death toll for young males throughout the inner cities; are increasing in great numbers. Parents are burying their sons more frequently than ever before.

This isn’t your feel good fiction nor is it your drama filled novel; this is a direct life line thrown in a desperate attempt to help revive the rapidly decaying image of young black men and males in general. I wish I had the time too eloquently describe the bountiful traits displayed within these pages. Unfortunately we are running out of time. The death toll for young black males throughout the inner cities; are increasing in great numbers. Parents are burying their sons more frequently than ever before. The prisons are bursting at the seams with our young men. Our communities are over run with violence mostly at the hands of our own young men. In this book I strive to reveal some of the steps and strategies to re-direct our young men from a path of riotous living, incarceration and death.

Within Derik Barnes we have an active, focused voice dedicated to revitalizing the light, life and power in our youth. As a young man growing up in Baltimore City’s eastside Derik certainly had his share of challenges. Education wasn’t an easy road for him as he was labeled to have a learning disability and was placed in special education. Determined to beat the odds stacked against him; he enrolled himself in manhood training classes in his early teens. These classes were taught by strong, positive male figures that focused on mental, physical and spiritual elevation. After excelling in his training alongside other young men; Derik would conduct lectures in the very schools he once attended to help stop violence and inspire others. He later became part of both the prison reform program and community cleanup program that helped to restore order in some of the city’s most crime and drug infested areas. Eager to continue helping others Derik became a public servant working eight years as a Maryland State Correctional officer and presently as one of Baltimore’s finest with the Baltimore City Fire Department.