Mar 25, 2024 | Education, Mentoring
Black youth in Canada experience poorer educational achievement than other children and youth, which leads to subsequent poor economic outcomes. A series of problems and barriers contribute to poor educational outcomes. These include negative attitudes of...
Feb 19, 2024 | Leadership, Men, Mentoring
100 Black Men of Greater Lafayette is a local chapter of the 100 Black Men of America, which is an organization that mentors youth, particularly those in disadvantaged neighborhoods or areas throughout the whole community. The chapter was founded in 2009 and has been...
Dec 11, 2023 | Business, Mentoring
Running a business is hard enough if someone has a good idea of what they’re doing. But without a basic sense of how to make a business plan, those prospective entrepreneurs are almost guaranteed to fail. To address that, the Wisconsin Black Chamber of Commerce...
Oct 31, 2022 | Men, Mentoring
Through the Michigan Diversity Council and events like the Black Men In Leadership Summit, young men like Ribbron are being mentored to become the next Kenneth Matthies and beyond. “A bright young man and he has a bright future ahead of him,” said Jarrett Waddy,...
Oct 17, 2022 | Education, Higher Education, Men, Mentoring
Fred Easter devoted his days to improving the lives of Black people. Often that meant helping students access higher education. Sometimes that meant supporting a grocery store in a food desert or joining a podcast with members of his historic class at Harvard...
Oct 10, 2022 | Leadership, Men, Mentoring
“They want us to be entrepreneurs and you know…bigger things in life,” Williams said. They also inspire them to become the next generation of leaders in their communities and around the world. Treyveon joined the program in the fourth grade. He said through the...
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