The South Carolina African – American
Male Empowerment Conference
“Breaking The Silence” to Implement Strategies for Success & Inclusion

"Breaking The Silence” is intended to provide an atmosphere that will foster intellectual exchange by addressing the educational, emotional, life skills and aspirations of African-American males young and old.

The objective is to establish communication and networking among the youth African-American males and older African- American males that will foster an environment that is catered to establishing goals and initiatives that will provide a solution to the issues that these African American men face.

Much has been written and spoken in recent years regarding the “crisis” of the African-American man. He has been characterized as an “endangered species” a victim of geno-catastrophic descriptions. The rhetoric of this condition is second only to the awesome statistics and painful facts which illustrate the most unfortunate circumstances of black men in America. It is vital that we assess the situation of the African-American man within an historical and spiritually sound perspective”.

“In fact, the crisis of the African male in America began with the landing of the first slave ship in the vicinity of four hundred years ago. This crisis has varying levels of intensity throughout our recent history in North America interacting with the conquerors from Europe”.
Na’Im Akbar, Visions for Black Men

The 2004 South Carolina Black Male Empowerment Conference is an initiative of Project Life Foundation, Inc. The goal of the conference is to empower African -American males with the strategies, knowledge and resources to become more accountable to themselves, their families and their communities.