Nearly 1,000 young men from Wisconsin and northern Illinois attended the Black Male Youth-Milwaukee Summit at UWM, Dec. 15-16, 2015. The fourth annual event was coordinated by the African American Male Initiative, a group of UWM faculty, academic staff and community leaders. The 2015 theme was Knowledge + Power + Perseverance = Success.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese young men have the energy to succeed beyond belief,\u201d said Gary Williams, director of the Black Cultural Center at UWM. \u201cWe need to make sure our expectations of them are high enough. We can set the bar high, but with guidance and support, they can surprise us \u2014 and themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Nearly 1,000 young men from Wisconsin and northern Illinois attended the Black Male Youth-Milwaukee Summit at UWM, Dec. 15-16, 2015. The fourth annual event was coordinated by the African American Male Initiative, a group of UWM faculty, academic staff and community leaders. The 2015 theme was Knowledge + Power + Perseverance = Success.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":487,"featured_media":26408,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","class_list":["post-26403","uwmnewsgallery","type-uwmnewsgallery","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n