A Promise Worth Keeping

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The New York Museum of Modern Art. United Airlines. The National Basketball Association. Landscape architects. Miss America. Kareem Abdul Jabar. The American Hospital Association. A growing number of banks of every size across America. And even Idaho license plates.

What all of these organizations, professionals, celebrities, and a host of other groups I haven't mentioned share is that they are all partners with General Colin Powell and "America's Promise." General Powell leads a growing volunteer coalition of some of the finest organizations and public leaders in America today, all dedicated to helping America's young people get the start on life so many of them need. Banks, too, are lining up by the …