More than a dozen teenage girls from the Bronx have been reported missing over the last two years. A man was arrested after he was captured on video attempting to abduct another one off of the subway. Are we just going to continue to sit and watch?
Read MoreMeet Danny Alotta. As a young boy, you couldn’t tell him that he wasn’t going to be a professional athlete. As a life enthusiast, he'd like to consider himself a professional amateur athlete.
However, as an entrepreneur Danny has modeled, worked in fashion, sports, entertainment, marketing, restaurants and hold on... and foundations.
Read More“Our annual Latino heritage event at Borough Hall recognizes and celebrates the unique contributions of the Latino community to the great borough of Brooklyn,” Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams said during October’s Office of the Brooklyn Borough President’s Hispanic Heritage Month event where it honored various local leaders of Latino Heritage.
Read MoreWith no solutions supported by our government, the homeless in our country are often overlooked and underserved. Joseph Bradford III, founded B.A.R.E. Truth Inc on the principles of Balance, Ambition, Respect, and Encouragement. Principles that we all should aspire to uphold daily.
Read MoreWith the current polarized state of the world, sometimes the most revolutionary act can be found in reconnecting; with self, others, and the natural forces that unite us. This philosophy, along with the need we saw to address the issue of nature deficiency in urban youth, inspired us to create the Camping to Connect Initiative.
Read MoreI recently had the great opportunity to be with my brothers from Mastermind Connect, giving back to the Harlem community by feeding low resource families and homeless individuals at Harlem Children’s Aid. Harlem, I appreciate being of service to your community. Thank you for the blessing. This group of fine gentlemen has become one of the main ways for me to come back regularly to New York City and work with great men and women to impact lives.
Read MoreSynchronicity is a concept, first introduced by analytical psychologist Carl Jung, which holds that events are "meaningful coincidences" if they occur with no causal relationship yet seem to be meaningfully related.”
Read MoreOn Saturday September 29th, 2018, Mastermind Connect successfully ran it’s most challenging and ambitious event to date; Camping to Connect at Governors Island.
Read MoreCamping to Connect, a new experiential learning and mentorship initiative for underserved young men, kicks off this month with a special two-day, overnight camping experience on historic Governors Island.
Read MoreFor many historically underserved young men in New York City, access to leadership training and mentorship is not guaranteed. In 2012, NYC Urban Ambassadors (UA) was founded to provide young men with purpose, leadership, and distinction. On Tuesday, June 19th, 2018, the young men graduating from the NYC Urban Ambassadors program were treated to complimentary grooming services by the good people at Classic Man Barber Lounge, in New York City’s famous East Village neighborhood.
Read MoreFast Company magazine once quoted that the critical 21st century skill will have nothing to do with standard resume fillers like coding or programming. Moving forward, the capacity that will separate the good from the great will be empathy.
Read MoreAs past of the NYC DOE’s Urban Ambassadors initiative, Mastermind Connect members Frank Mena, DJ CEO, and co-founder Marlon Briscoe, had the opportunity to participate this morning in the first of their weekly Breakfast of Champions series; an informal opportunity for our members to interact with high school juniors and seniors, talk about their plans and future careers, and to participate in a Q&A session with them.
Read MoreOn May 20th, 2017, the Mastermind Connect, in conjunction with the Coalition for Hispanic Family Services, held a series of intensive workshops, fitness bootcamp, and panel discussions dubbed the Young Masterminds initiative. The event took place at the Juan Morel Campos Secondary School, in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
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