The M.A.N. Campaign

THE CAMPAIGN

A one year effort, beginning July 2007, to ignite, encourage, and promote the establishment of mentor/apprentice relationships amongst African American professional men, organizations, businesses, schools, and youth in Philadelphia and beyond.

The goal of the campaign is to form partnerships with local businesses, organizations, and media to accomplish the following:

To recruit African American men to refer to existing mentorship organizations in need of men.
To get a minimum of 200 African American men in Philadelphia to sign up and commit to become mentors before the end of the campaign.
To get a minimum of 50 African American businesses to sign-up to implement an apprenticeship program. (Phase 2 of the campaign)
To get the Philadelphia Schools and/or Truancy Organizations to identify at-risk youth (ages 13-18) for the apprenticeship program. (Phase 2)
To get men to identify an at-risk youth in their community between the age of 19-24 to mentor.
To get a minimum of 25 businesses to offer discounts on their product or service for men that sign up to participate in the M.A.N. movement.

Our long-term goal, with financial support, is to implement the campaign in other cities throughout the nation.

Announcements (Blog)

YES YOU CAN!!!!

The M.A.N. Campaign would like to acknowledge what took place on Tuesday, November 4, 2008, Barack OBAMA was elected to be the 44th President of the United States of America. The historic moment exemplified that with God, support, and perseverance anything is possible for young African American males.

To our young men we say...

Posted by at 02:49 PM on Nov-15-2008
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Thank You Philadelphia

On June 7, 2008 The M.A.N. Campaign ended in Philadelphia with two successful events. (See Press Release and Events for details.)

The overall purpose of the campaign in Philadelphia was to raise awareness about the need for more mentors, encourage men to get involved, and recruit men for mentorship organizations. M.A.N. accomplished its goal. (Click 'Read More' for special thanks.)

Posted by at 11:30 PM on Jul-13-2008
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The End of M.A.N.

Originally a six-month effort, The M.A.N. Campaign which began in July 2007 was extended until Spring 2008. The campaign comes to an end with two concurrent events to end the campaign for mentors in Philadelphia. 'The MISsed Education Poetry Slam’ event where African American at-risk or truant males between the ages of 13 to 24 can hear success stories from positive African American men to encourage them to turn their lives around; A mentorship drive during the Fatherhood Festival at the Philadelphia Convention Center. See 'Events' link for flyer.

Posted by at 11:35 PM on Jun-01-2008
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Save the Date: The MISsed Education Poetry Slam

The campaign ends in Philadelphia on Saturday, June 7, 2008.

To close out the campaign in Philadelphia, the team will do an event specifically for the young men it purposes to help. The team believes that there is a benefit to bringing young men together to hear stories from professional men that have turned their lives around. Since today’s youth are heavily influenced by music and the arts, we propose to end the campaign with a poetry event specifically for them. Two national artists and local poets have been invited to speak to young men about changing the direction of their lives. The event will also feature two of the campaigns Advocates. Each invited MAN will be given an opportunity to share their story about how they beat the odds and succeeded in their profession.

Posted by at 11:11 PM on Apr-14-2008
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City Paper Articles by Makia Harper and Deesha Dyer

http://www.citypaper.net/articles/2008/01/24/campaign-of-antiviolence

http://www.citypaper.net/articles/2008/06/05/just-do-it

Posted by at 07:32 PM on Jan-24-2008
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