Brotherhood Crusade Selected for the Leadership & Sustainability Institute’s Black Male Achievement Social Innovation Accelerator Brotherhood Crusade is among the field’s most promising leaders nationwide BOSTON (July 10, 2013)—The Leadership & Sustainability Institute for Black Male Achievement (LSI) has selected Dr. Nathan Sessoms of Brotherhood Crusade for its inaugural cohort of seven Black Male Achievement (BMA) Social Innovators. The new BMA Innovators are leaders whose work has resulted in real improvements in the life outcomes of black men and boys and who have the passion and potential to increase their national leadership and impact. “This first BMA Social Innovator cohort represents what winning looks like in the field of black male achievement,” said Shawn Dove, Manager of Open Society Foundations’ Campaign for Black Male Achievement, which launched the LSI. “These inspiring individuals are among the nation’s most promising leaders working to improve the life outcomes of black men and boys, and the Leadership & Sustainability Institute will provide them with the tools they need to increase their impact within their organizations and in the field.” The BMA Innovators are working in cities across the country to attain educational equity, expand work opportunities, strengthen family structures, and promote positive frames and messages for black men and boys. They will receive 12 months of one-on-one capacity-building support, be introduced and showcased to local and national funders, and will receive targeted support to increase their national leadership and impact in the field of black male achievement. The 2014 BMA Social Innovators are: • Advancement Project Lead BMA Innovator: Judith Browne Dianis • Center for Urban Families Lead BMA Innovator: Joseph Jones • Don Bosco Hall, Inc. Lead BMA Innovator: Charles Small • Eagle Academy Foundation Lead BMA Innovator: David Banks • Los Angeles Brotherhood Crusade Lead BMA Innovator: Dr. Nathan Sessoms • Robert C. Maynard Institute for Journalism Education Lead BMA Innovator: Dori Maynard • Schott Foundation for Public Education Lead BMA Innovator: Dr. John Jackson A selection committee composed of 40 issue experts, funders, and practitioners reviewed applications from more than 70 organizations nationwide. The committee selected the new BMA Innovators based on their evidence of effectiveness as well as their potential to expand, impact systemic change, and become national spokespeople for the field of black male achievement. About BMA Social Innovators and Brotherhood Crusade The BMA Social Innovation Accelerator program is co-led by Root Cause and PolicyLink and is modeled after Root Cause’s Social Innovation Forum, which has brought together nonprofits, philanthropy, government, and business to advance solutions to Greater Boston’s toughest social issues since 2003. Over its ten-year history, the Social Innovation Forum has recognized 59 Social Innovators, helping them to secure more than $10 million in cash and in-kind services. The Leadership & Sustainability Institute is a national membership network supported by the Open Society Foundations Campaign for Black Male Achievement, The California Endowment, The Heinz Endowments, Knight Foundation, Mitchell Kapor Foundation, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, The Skillman Foundation, Carnegie Corporation of New York, and Casey Family Programs – to ensure the growth, sustainability, and impact of leaders and organizations across the public, private, and nonprofit sectors committed to improving the life outcomes of black men and boys through systemic change. The Brotherhood Crusade is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit institution founded in 1968 to provide necessary resources, program services and a voice of advocacy to traditionally underserved communities. Its mission is to remove and/or help individuals overcome the barriers that deter their pursuit of success and facilitate opportunities for a better quality of life, by promoting health and wellness, enhancing educational opportunities, cultivating economic growth and building community agencies and institutions. For more information about the Leadership & Sustainability Institute, visit lsibma.org.
Posted on: Wed, 24 Jul 2013 21:54:00 +0000
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