Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens (center) with members of Georgia State's My Brother's Keeper. Click to enlarge the photo.
My Brother's Keeper at Georgia State University served the community at the Center Helping Obesity In Children End Successfully (C.H.O.I.C.E.S.) 6th Annual Thanksgiving Mobile Food Pantry on Nov. 19, 2022, supporting the distribution of hundreds of meals to metro Atlanta families during the holiday season.
Members of My Brother's Keeper (MBK) performed the service to the community at the Atlanta Technical College distribution site.
Over the last 20 years, the mission of C.H.O.I.C.E.S. has been to fight childhood obesity and during this event, hundreds of meals were prepared in support of Metro Atlanta families during the holiday season.
MBK at Georgia State seeks to nurture a community focused on the personal, educational, and professional needs and development of Black males.
MBK aims to accomplish these goals through one-on-one and group mentorship, connecting students to research, scholarships, and job opportunities, introducing students to a network of community partners, and, most importantly, connecting students to one another.
Members of My Brother's Keeper. (Click to enlarge photo)
Participants included:
- Christian Andrews
- Dionn Brune
- Dernado Coleman
- Steven Crittenden
- Fertil Dieujuste
- Rodney Green
- Derrick Griffin
- Aaron Marshall
- Christopher Matthews
- Kaden Melton
- Abraxus Minor
- Patrick Underwood
- Machion Walls
The initiative is supported through the Office of Black Student Achievement and the Honors College at Georgia State.
MBK is a contribution by Georgia State to the larger African American Male Initiative (AAMI) of the University System of Georgia. AAMI provides an integrated program model of academic and social tools that support students around adopting a positive mindset to successfully complete classes, elevate their cumulative GPAs, matriculate through each academic level, and to graduate from college.
For more information about MBK, visit https://honors.gsu.edu/mbkgsu/. For more information about AAMI, visit https://www.usg.edu/aami/.
Information provided by Mike Kimble, Ed.D., Black Student Achievement
Written by Jeremy Craig, Communications Manager for the Office of the Provost