Oftentimes, the most difficult subjects to speak about are the most personal ones.

So, I must tell you that when the co-host of our weekly MRCi (Manhood, Race, and Culture interactive) meetings (tonight suggested that I address the topic of how I arrived at professional and life success, I was a bit frightened. This subject forced me to revisit my upbringing and seek some understanding of the path that I was sometimes dragged across against my will.

In many ways, this topic put me in a corner whose only escape would occur by revisiting my upbringing and the environment that my parents intentionally created — please join us tonight (February 11, 2021) at 7:30 (EST) — 6:30 pm (CST) for a discussion regarding the tactics and environs that Black parents from Mansfield, Ohio, created for their son to arrive at success.

Please join MRCi (Manhood, Race, and Culture Interactive) tonight (February 11, 2021) at 7:30 (EST) — 6:30 pm (CST) for an important program on how parents can create a context to usher Black boys toward success in this thing called life.