The Philadelphia Chapter of 100 Black Men of America, Inc.
Welcome!
2011 brought the 100 Black Men of Philadelphia more progress and more effective alliances that were needed to support the young children of our city. It marked the strengthening of our Minority Entrepreneurship Apprenticeship Program, an exciting alliance with MicroSociety, and the start of a Collegiate 100 Chapter at Cheyney University. In 2012, we will keep building upon the momentum and work yet harder to better enable the children and community that we serve! Come see what we're about!
Recently, the 100 Black Men of Philadelphia hosted a private screening for the Philadelphia Chapter of the Tuskegee Airmen to honor those heroes who sacrificed so much for their country and to remind younger Philadelphians of the legacy of courage of their own community.
These photos offer a short homage to the original "Red Tails" pilots, ground crews, and all valued veterans who served in other roles:
As we move forward in Philadelphia, we will focus on the critical issue of education from a variety of perspectives. Our focus on education during this tumultuous time of change is appropriate. New and emerging opportunities, to be fully leveraged, require fresh perspectives and free-thinking minds.
As 2012 unfolds, we look forward to more challenges and opportunities. While the economy appears to have stabilized, too many of our seniors and children are un- or under-insured, and health care disparities persist even among those who have access; our education system continues to be a pipeline, far too frequently, not to a better life, but to life as a bankable commodity in correctional systems.
Even as change happens around us, the 100 Black Men of Philadelphia has taken steps to ensure that we will remain relevant. With the help of one of the top consulting firms in the world, we have been engaged in a strategic planning exercise that will provide us with a roadmap toward our shared future. Gone are the days when passion and purpose were enough to attract resources and mobilize people to work on issues important to our community. Today, transparency, strategy, and execution are just as important as passion, if not more so.
Dr. Carter G. Woodson, once said, “If you can control a man’s thinking, you don’t have to worry about his actions. If you can determine what a man thinks, you do not have worry about what he will do. If you can make a man believe that he is inferior, you don’t have to compel him to seek an inferior status, he will do so without being told, and if you can make a man believe that he is justly an outcast, you don’t have to order him to the back door, he will go to the back door on his own, and if there is no back door, the very nature of the man will demand that you build one.”
We welcome you to browse our pages and share in our efforts to change the minds and lives of the youth of Philadelphia.
