My Brother's Keeper (M.B.K.) provides leadership and mentorship opportunities to 400 boys throughout District 19. Mentors meet weekly with their small groups and once a month as a whole group. The focus of MBK is to show and help guide our young men to act and be seen in our community and in the world. Topics include social and emotional wellness, personal hygiene and respect for others.
D19 MBK core values are centered in love....
Our mission is to empower young males of color by fostering belief in their abilities, setting and upholding high expectations, providing positive male role models, building and strengthen self-confidence, creating fraternal bonds, instilling morals and values, celebrating their uniqueness, and providing exposure to opportunities that will prepare them for the world.
The young men of the Clan will acquire the tools and skills needed to become positive, highly motivated, and productive men who are college and career ready. They will become future leaders who will uplift their communities, support their families, and impact society through their contributions in their designated professions.
The January MBK convening centered on the work of the late & great Dr. King and the Call-to-action projects mentees have been working to create in their school and the greater community. The theme of this convening was "Thinking out loud!"
Six months before he was assassinated, King spoke to a group of students at Barratt Junior High School in Philadelphia on 10/26/1967. 19K346 student Aiden Ginscombe gave a rousing rendition of the speech during the convening.
The speech's theme was writing your life's blueprint and following through on that
plan to unlock your fullest potential.
Following some fun community-building activities, Mentors Dwayne Waters (Liberty Avenue Middle School) and Brian Hibbert (Vista Academy) led the mentees in conversation and activities geared to strengthen the mentees' awareness of how their call-to-action projects can help identify areas of need in their community. Schools then action planned to further their work with an eye on impact for their school community.
We look forward to another fruitful month of learning. MBK ALL DAY!