Concerned Black Men of Richmond Sees Hidden Figures for Black History Month

The Concerned Black Men of Richmond celebrated Black History Month by attending the movie “Hidden Figures”. It was the incredible story of three brilliant African American women who worked as mathematicians for NASA during the 60’s who were instrumental in helping launch the 1 st American into orbit. There were 17 youth in attendance and we saw it at the Bowtie Cinema’s on the Boulevard. Sam Burleigh II attended (Bruce’s father) as an honorary mentor at the age of 93!

We followed up the movie with a visit to Pizza Hut.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Caring for our youth!

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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.

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