Men of Color Student Leadership Institute (MOCSLI)

The purpose of the Presidents’ Round Table Men of Color Student Leadership Institute (MOCSLI) is to develop, and promote an effort focused on increasing the attendance, persistence and completion of post-secondary programs for minority males. The Initiative Mandate:

Closing the achievement gap – Promote policies and programs that facilitate access and post-secondary success
Create Sustainable, collaborative partnerships including the procurement of external resources
Push for legislative focus a, reforms and funding
Serve as a clearing house of information

Initiative Goals

Create a national repository for data collection and analysis
To engage minority males in multiple experiences that are designed to connect them to college in order to facilitate their academic, social, and emotional success.
To ensure minority males prosper economically and professionally.
To build a cadre of future leaders who are competent, caring and culturally aware of their commitment to the liberation of their communities.
Create an annual Minority Male Conference

The Men of Color Student Leadership Institute serves as a venue for practitioners and students to come together to discuss challenges and opportunities within the National Minority Male Initiative. Broad parameters to be addressed at the Institute are:

Leadership and character development for students enrolled in the National Minority Male Initiative consortia initiatives
Engagement of participants in dialogue about best practices
Identification of new and emerging challenges
Improvement of faculty and student service development to ensure that consortia are able to meet the goals of the project

INSTITUTE CONTACT PERSON
Dr. Sharon L. Blackman
sblackman70@gmail.com

Education Trust-West brief: We invite you to read this document regarding the importance of having a Male Program at your college.
Hear My Voice: Strengthening the college pipeline for young men of color in California.