Concerned Black Men of Richmond Kicked off 2023 with Career Choices Activity & Black History Museum Visit

March 3,2023

Greetings all!

The Concerned Black Men of Richmond kicked off 2023 with our “Career Choices” activity.  This event is conducted each year and was held on January 21^st at Franklin Military Academy.

There were 5 fields represented in this year’s activity: an engineer, a scientist, an entrepreneur, a firefighter and an auto mechanic.  The presenters were Lamont Benjamin, a civil engineer with the City of Richmond Public Works, Sid Cannon, a CMT (Construction Materials Testing) Laboratory Manager for Froehling & Robertson Inc., Everett Rivers, CEO & founder of Professional Security LLC, Earl Dyer, Battalion Chief / Fire Marshall for the City of Richmond and Darrell Coates, Auto Technician at Whitten Brothers Chrysler/Jeep/Ram/Dodge/Mazda.

Lamont Benjamin, Sid Cannon, Everett Rivers, Earl Dyer & Darrell Coates

Each of them shared their individual stories and the requirements of the fields that were represented.  The young men had a great time interacting with the presenters and learned a lot about how and why they chose their professions.  

The Concerned Black Men of Richmond celebrated Black History Month with a visit to the Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia.  The activity was held on Saturday, February 11^th.  We were given a guided tour by Mary Lauderdale tour loaded with inspirational stories that are often untold and or forgotten. 

The Concerned Black Men of Richmond are working diligently to provide impactful activities for the youth in our community.

Thanks to each of the mentors and each of you for your interest and assistance in providing quality programs for the young men in our community. It means the world to our community and the youth we serve.

Sincerely,
Timothy Mallory,
President CBM-RVA

Click Here to learn more about The Concerned Black Men of Richmond, Inc.
Click Here to learn more about becoming a Mentor.
Click Here to see how you can support our efforts to continue to care for our youth.

The Concerned Black Men Richmond Held Career Choices Event for Youth

The Concerned Black Men –Richmond held their first activity of 2017 on January 14th at Linwood Holton Elementary school. Tim Mallory was the lead facilitator of the activity titled Career Choices.

This activity was designed to provide the mentees with an opportunity to interact with representatives from a variety of fields. There were speakers participants from several areas across the spectrum of career including the trades, public, private sectors, science and entertainment professions.

Six presenters addressed the youth corps.

 

Speakers:
Travis Preau – RVA Fire Captain,
Morris White Jr. –Physicist, Altria
Cornelius McLaughlin – Electrician, Atlantic Contractors
Dr. Harold Jones, III – MD, Eastern State Hospital
Frank Johnson – RPS Educator
Noland Burchette – Former NFL Pro Athlete / played on the Atlanta Falcons and Indianapolis Colts

Each of the participants spoke about their individual backgrounds, and what factors and people that provided motivation and influenced them to choose the paths that they ultimately chose.  They also addressed some of the requirements that had to be met in order to enter the field and also some of the challenges and rewards that they encountered along the way to achieving their goals in their chosen fields.

Click Here to learn more about The Concerned Black Men of Richmond, Inc.

Click Here to learn more about becoming a Mentor.

Click Here to see how you can support our efforts to continue to care for our youth.

 

 

See more photos from our event below: