This six-person review board, representing each of the five focus areas of the Campaign (Education, Employment & Wealth, Fatherhood, Health, and Justice, Rights & Responsibility), regularly reviews and rates uploaded content and promotes the very best of the best for the national spotlight. Using the judging criteria for uploaded content, the roundtable will comment and rate on posted materials in their blogs.
2025 BMB Roundtable
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George L. Garrow, Jr., Esq.
Executive Director
Concerned Black Men - National Organization
Mr. Garrow has been associated with Concerned Black Men (CBM) for more than two decades, beginning in 1982 when he became a co-founding member of the Washington, DC chapter. Mr. Garrow and other committed members of the National Organization have assisted African American men in 29 U. S. cities to begin CBM chapters. Men in these communities now mentor, tutor and provide various enrichment programs to thousands of children of all ages. Under his leadership, the National Organization has developed “best practice” programs --- sustainable, high quality school-based youth initiatives that can be reproduced by CBM local chapters and other community based organizations. After-school tutoring and teen pregnancy programs, as well as parent literacy and self improvement projects, are a few of the model efforts created during Mr. Garrow’s leadership. He has been working with the 2025 Campaign since 2006.
Answer at the Wealth blog
Question of the moment:
I don't need to tell anyone visiting this site about the struggles of Black men and women in the world of business and entrepreneurship. Black men particularly face challenges in striking out on their own. Whenever I see a Brother with his own business, know that he's probably walking a tightrope with no net beneath him. Because of these struggles, the Black community sometimes finds itself in a dilemma over whether to support brothers "making it" in the underground economy (for example, brothers selling stolen goods) or rappers doing well by selling music that flaunts or even encourages breaking the law (see Juelz Santana's "Make it Work for You").
What's your position? Do you think that these brothers are just "doing what
they have to do," or should the Black community hold them to a higher
standard? We particularly want to hear from youth on this important
question.
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Loren Harris
Program Officer
Ford Foundation
In his professional capacity Loren Harris is the Program Officer responsible the Ford Foundation’s grantmaking on Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health in the United States, which includes a focus on reducing racial disparities in health outcomes and improving the well being of adolescent males. He is also a partner to his wife of 15 years and parents to four wonderful children – one son and three daughters. Prior to joining Ford, Mr. Harris served as Associate Program Officer for the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation in Flint, Michigan. During his five years with Mott Loren designed and implemented the Fathers at Work Initiative – a $12 million national demonstration project. Mr. Harris holds a BA in U.S. History from Queens College in New York and a Masters in Public Administration from Fairleigh Dickinson University. He is an active philanthropist who gives of his time, talent and treasure to participate on the Boards of Directors for the Funders Network for Population and Reproductive Health and Englewood Community Chest.
Answer at the Justice blog
Question of the moment:
Are there more Black men in prison or in college? What is the Prison Industrial Complex and who benefits from it? |
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Waldo E. Johnson, Jr., Ph.D.
University of Chicago
Associate Professor, School of Social Service Administration,
Director of the Center for the Study of Race, Politics and Culture
Waldo E. Johnson, Jr. is Associate Professor at the School of Social Service Administration (SSA) and Director of the Center for the Study of Race, Politics and Culture (CSRPC). At SSA, Professor Johnson teaches social welfare policy and human behavior in the social environment in the M.A. program and research methods in the M.A. and Ph.D. programs. A family research scholar, his substantive research focuses on male roles and involvement in African American families, nonresident fathers in fragile families, and the physical and psychosocial health statuses of African American males. As a research methodologist, he is interested in the use of qualitative research methods in guiding policy and practice research.
Answer at the Fatherhood blog
Question of the moment:
How are the problems of fatherhood involvement among African Americans uniquely different yet similar to problems of father involvement among fathers from other racial/ethnic groups with similar socio-economic issues? |
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Lynson Moore Beaulieu
Director, Programs and Strategic Leadership
The Schott Foundation for Public Education
An accomplished organizer, manager, capacity builder and expert in early childhood and K-12 public education, Lynson brings her leadership and outstanding skills and experience to The Schott Foundation. She most recently served as the Senior Program Director at the National Black Child Development Institute in Washington, DC where she also served as the Director of Site Operations for NBCDI’s SPARK DC initiative. She was responsible for the development and management of early childhood and K-12 education program-related activities, including new program development, directing and managing projects, research and literature reviews, policy development and analysis, development of policy briefs and other publications and materials. As a part of her duties, she also provided expert consultation to national organizations and states and participated in national workgroups and meetings.
Answer at the Education blog
Question of the moment:
What survival tricks do you have to help Black men thrive in college? Show us what it takes to graduate with honors. Leave a thoughtful comment here and the most insightful contributions will be featured on the main BMB site. |
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Alford Young, Jr. Ph.D.
University of Michigan
Associate Professor, School of Sociology
Director, Undergraduate Program
Mr. Young is currently pursuing research in three general areas, all of which concern the phenomenon of race or the social experiences of African Americans, and all of which employ ethnographic interview-based research methods. First, I am engaged in a series of projects on urban-based, low-income African American men. I am exploring how they conceive of work opportunity and the world of work in modern society, what they argue to be notions of the ideal fatherhood, and how they conceive of appropriate mentoring for younger relatives and associates. Second, I am conducting a study of how African American scholars who research and teach about the African American experience address issues concerning the social utility of their scholarship and how that relates to their sense of mission and purpose as academics. Third, I am involved in a few small-scale studies of undergraduate and graduate educational practice as it pertains to racial and ethnic diversity in the student body and in scholarship.
Answer at the Health blog
Question of the moment:
We'd like to know what you think the healthiest thing a Black male can do in 2008. Whether its physical, mental, emotional, or spiritual, we're looking for thoughtful discussion, and the most insightful, inspiring, penetrating answers will be featured on
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