objectives

Concerned Black Men

Objectives

Coordinate efforts between CBM chapters nationally and identify various organizations which share our mandates for minority youth.

To serve as an umbrella organization for our local chapters.
To act as an information clearinghouse - programs, issues, legal considerations.
To recognize and reward the constructive accomplishments of Minority and African-American youth.
To provide a vehicle for business, civic and social organizations to support and develop linkages with African-American youth.
To establish a concerned male presence in the community, thereby strengthening African-American families and neighborhoods.
To open lines of communication between our youth and African-American men to clearly articulate the problems and needs of our youth.
To give our youth encouragement through interaction with positive male role models and exposure to cultural, social and intellectual enrichment activities.
To build positive images of our youth and men through outreach and networking programs that provide a forum and support group for the expression of the concerns of African-American men.

To develop a wide variety of active role models , in cities throughout the nation, with whom African-American youths can relate to and associate with for guidance and support while developing their goals in the immediate community and for society in general.