Programs
Health Care Initiative —Easy, affordable access to health care facilities and services improves the health status of Black communities. Many institutions work to improve the health care status of uninsured, low-income individuals and families especially in Black communities. Many times Black individuals and institutions are not involved in research, strategic planning, or leadership roles. Our health care initiative helps to change these inequalities by supporting causal and participatory research and galvanizing both public and private institutions to implement best practice health care models. Bringing affordable health care to impoverished communities and insuring the participation of Black health care professionals are the ultimate goals of this initiative.
Educational Initiative — Successful educational development is a priority in most advanced societies, which ensures the prosperity of future generations. We establish and support relationships with historically black colleges and universities (HBCU), local school districts, educational service providers, professional associations, etc. and work in coordination with them to increase the educational output of the Black community. We advocate for more rigorous coursework among K-12 students such as participation in advanced placement (AP) courses, SAT and ACT preparation and testing, and college coursework; we partner with HBCU to promote scientific research and to promote their recruitment efforts especially the recruitment of Black males; and we help to organize students, faculty, staff, and administrators to provide them with mentoring, knowledge sharing, and networking opportunities.
Violence and Recidivism Prevention Initiative —Research shows that lack of educational attainment more than anything else limits job opportunities for Black youth especially males. This lack of knowledge, skills, and abilities leads to crime, which ultimately leads to violence. We prevent violence by collaborating with other institutions to support best practice programs targeted at youth and young adults. Individuals and agencies that have or would like to have direct contact with Black males are instrumental in this endeavor.
Economic Development Initiative —Businesses are the driving force behind any advanced society. In fact, productive industry is what separates advanced societies from non-advanced societies. They drive society more than any other entity. Negative factors like poverty, lack of educational attainment, criminality, high unemployment, poor healthcare, etc. can be correlated to nonproductive industry. For these reasons, we proactively support disadvantaged African American businesses by providing resources and facilitating cooperative marketing arrangements. We further support disadvantaged African American businesses by encouraging strategic alliances among them as a means to offer value-added services to their customers and to become more competitive within their respective industries. We will work with business leaders that have a vision to grow their workforces, enter into new industries, and who are willing to join alliances with complementary businesses.
Black Man’s Think Tank Conference—is an annual conference that provides workshops, panel discussions, lectures, and vendor activities of interest to Black men.