When Best Men boys enter high school, they are welcomed into the Best Men Leadership program which guides them through four more years of challenging adolescent life, culminating with their high school graduation. This is the seventh year of the D.C. Best Men Leadership program. We are gratified that at various times the Best Men Leadership program has had participants in six other cities: San Diego, California; Indian River, Florida; Newark, New Jersey; Erie,Pennsylvania; and Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

2011 Scholarship Recipients

Best Men Leadership
DeAngelo Anderson Montgomery Community College
Jamal Childs North Carolina A & T
Cameron Harris Howard University
Christopher Holness Virginia Commonwealth University

Diamond Girl Leadership
*Hope Ajayi George Washington University
Kevwe Ajueyitsi North Carolina A & T
Tori Dugger University of New Haven
Yaa Yaa Hunt Pennsylvania State University
Lauren Mauney Bryn Athyn College
Mbachur Mbenga Trinity University

*Hope Ajayi has received a full scholarship from George Washington University.
Her Diamond Girl Leadership award is a U. S. Savings Bond to be utilized within the GWU scholarship guidelines.

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Curriculum
The Best Men Leadership curriculum is published in the Best Men Program Guide for educators and the Best Men Leadership Journal Organizer for participants. The curriculum continues to be developed and has been field-tested in D.C. Public Schools and Milwaukee, Wisconsin Public Schools.


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