BMe, an award winning network is currently accepting applications from black men who are social entrepreneurs, innovators, and difference-makers in greater Akron, Louisville, Miami, or Pittsburgh. Through the program, recipients will receive up to $10,000 each to build on the good they are already doing within their communities and, ultimately, to help create a more caring and prosperous region through their efforts. Grant recipients also will travel to Washington, D.C., to be inducted into a fellowship of their peers. BMe is an award-winning network of community-builders known for defining people by their positive contributions to society and enlisting incredible black men who inspire us to be better together.
BMe will score candidates on the remarkability of their stories, authenticity, willingness to work with others, community engagement, and diversity of age and fields. BMe is especially interested in those who work to improve health, wealth, know-how and community.
BMe Leaders including men like: Miami BMe Leader Derick Pearson, co-founded BlackTech Weekend with his wife Felecia Hatcher to increase the number of startup founders, technology executives and engineers of color; Philadelphia BMe Leader Nehemiah Davis who at 19-years-old created a volunteer foundation which has engaged hundreds of volunteers in feeding and educating over 40,000 of their neighbors for nine years since; Pittsburgh BMe Leader Jasiri X who uses his award-winning skills as a hip hop artist, educator and social activist to engage his 40,000+ mostly-millennial social media followers and fellow artists in local and national causes.