"The Black Male Initiative (BMI) Program is dedicated to the establishment of brotherhood, scholarship, and retention of Black Males at the University of Maryland.  BMI has a commitment to impact the campus and wider communities through collective activism and leadership that promotes the uplifting and empowerment of Black Men."

Our Philosophy
One of the ideals within the leadership of BMI is that no leader can be truly effective if he is not well informed about the critical issues which affect his community. We make it a point to inform all of the members of BMI about those critical issues which affect so many of our communities, both on and off-campus.
Our leadership is in no way, shape, form, or fashion rooted in incessant discussions about the aforementioned issues. We candidly discuss issues and create productive solutions to them in which our members can actively work towards improving. Our leadership is geared towards activism which is rooted in strengthening and improving our communities!

Want to Join?

If you are interested in becoming a member of the Black Male Initiative and contributing to the overall improvement of our communities, all you need to do is simply attend one of our meetings. We meet collectively about once a month; however, this does not include our various community outreach work. If you are strongly interested in being a part of a movement that is rooted in giving back to the various communities we represent, then the Black Male Initiative Program is for you. Our organization follows in the ideological footsteps of Pan-Africanists such as: Henry Sylvester-Williams, Marcus Garvey, Kwame Nkrumah, W.E.B. Du Bois, & Malcolm X’s Organization of Afro-American Unity, to name a few.
We have tremendous strength in our numbers.

Our collective unification and growth can, and will make a difference!