Tied To Greatness at Abundant Life Family Worship Church
Tied To Greatness will be presented at the Abundant Life Family Worship Chuch on Saturday, February 20, 2010 from 10:00 am to 12:30pm. Young men between the ages of 11 to 20 are invited to participate. We encourage men to come out in...
Help us take this mission of changing and empowering the lives of inner city young men all across this nation? Your contribution will help us absorb some of the costs for the tremendous vision.
The outlook for young Men of Color is not promising. We intend to foster self pride in these young Men of Color so they will recognize the power of their self - image, and ultimately, make better life choices by implementing the following strategies:
Strategies
We overwhelm the young men with images of strong, educated, articulate, well groomed Men of Color to combat the negative stereotypes seen in their environment.
We teach the young men the power and importance of a strong self image through personal stories from positive influential Men of Color.
We teach them to “tie a tie” as a ritualistic right of passage which will ignite personal pride in appearances and build inner self esteem.
We have each young man recite the Tied to Greatness Pledge whereby they commit themselves to finish their education, live a better life, and be more conscious of thier image.
We provide each young man with a copy of the pledge and a tie that they can keep for future special events.
We provide a copy of, Restoring the Male Image, as a reference book to reiterate all that they have learned that day.
Tied To Greatness is a 501(c) Nonprofit Organization that conducts a Tied To Greatness National Tour as an outreach program that seeks to improve the self-image and esteem of at-risk, inner city high school males. With an average of just 35% of inner city males graduating from high school, Tied To Greatness uses the power of positive male role models, the influence of fashion, and the symbolism of the necktie as a point of manhood and maturity to remind young men about the importance of personal image, and to encourage each participant to make different choices about his future. The Tied To Greatness National Tour travels to cities and host 3-hour local presentations to at risk high school males, with the vision of inspiring a generation through personal touch and principled based dialogue. This is an initiative to reconnect young men of color to their rich history of men who dressed well, carried themselves with dignity, and accomplished great things in society.
