Concerned Black Men of Richmond Holds Outing with Youth at Maymont Park

April 9, 2017 by  
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Maymont 2017

Maymont 2017

On Saturday, March 25th,  the Concerned Black Men of Richmond had an outing. We focused on problem solving, code of conduct and visited the Maymont Park Nature Center in Richmond. Due to an unforeseen problem, we had to change our event from taking a behind the scenes look at the music recording business.

There were 13 youth corps participants and 3 mentors attending. We spent an hour at Linwood Holton Elementary going over the CBM Code of Conduct and had a discussion on problem solving. The youth were presented with several situations and discussed several ways to solving the problem.

We left the school and visited the Maymont Nature Center. It was good to get them outside and discussing what they knew about the animals they encountered.

 

Maymont 2017

Maymont 2017

Maymont 2017

Maymont 2017

They really enjoyed being outside and seeing all the different types of animals up close.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Maymont 2017

Maymont 2017

Maymont 2017

Maymont 2017

Many had never seen these types of animals before.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Afterwards, we visited Pizza Hut. It turned out be a great outing!

 

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The Concerned Black Men Richmond Held Career Choices Event for Youth

February 12, 2017 by  
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Career Choices 2017

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.

Career Choices Speakers 2017

L-R Noland Burchette, Captain Travis Preau, Dr. Harold Jones III, Frank Johnson, Morris White Jr & Cornelius McLaughlin.

 

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.

Career Choices 2017

Career Choices 2017

Career Choices 2017

Career Choices 2017

Career Choices 2017

Career Choices 2017

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

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See more photos from our event below: [supsystic-gallery id=’21’]