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Mission
The mission of the 100 Black Men of Long Island, Inc. is to improve the quality of life within our communities and enhance educational and economic opportunities for underserved constituencies.
Vision
We seek to serve as a beacon of leadership, through mentoring, by utilizing our diverse talents to create environments where our children are motivated to achieve, and to empower our people to become self-sufficient shareholders in the economic and social fabric of the communities we serve.
Values
We’re committed to the intellectual development of youth and the economic empowerment of the African American and surrounding communities based on the following precepts: respect for family, spirituality, justice, and integrity.
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Mentoring
The 100 mentors youth through a worldwide network of chapters. Across the United States and Internationally, 100 Black Men of America, Inc. and 100 Black Men International are positively impacting the lives of tomorrow’s leaders through the 100’s signature programs such as Mentoring the 100 Way and Collegiate 100®.
Mentoring the 100 Way® – A holistic mentoring program that addresses the social, emotional and cultural needs of children ages 8-18. Members of the 100 are trained and certified to become mentors, advocates, and role models for the youth within their communities. Through chapter operated one-on-one and group mentoring efforts, our members forge relationships that positively impact our greatest resource: our youth. The program focuses on building essential skills needed to become productive, contributing citizens.
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Education
OHBMLI, Inc. works with corporate sponsors to deliver educational support services and unique learning opportunities that assist youth in achieving their educational goals. The 100’s education initiatives inspire confidence, create cultural awareness and foster academic leadership.
The 100 provides annual scholarship awards to deserving matriculating students who will be full-time students at accredited, post-secondary institutions based on 100 Black Men of America, Inc. eligibility criteria. Scholarship dollars assist youth in completing educational goals by providing resources to offset expenses associated with tuition, books and housing. The scholarship program allows the 100 to identify potential youth leaders in our local communities and motivates them to achieve academic and community service excellence.
College Endowments
The 100 Black Men of Long Island Inc. has established scholarship endowments in excess of $100,000 at three accredited colleges universities on Long Island.
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Health & Wellness
The 100’s health and wellness goals are to raise awareness, provide access to health care and health information that will ultimately promote behavior change resulting in a healthier lifestyle.
The organization’s Health & Wellness Committee provides leadership to the chapters as they establish health & wellness committees at the local level.Through civic and corporate partnerships, the 100 delivers health education programs and free health screenings in hundreds of communities annually.
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Economic Empowerment
The 100 considers economic empowerment as a necessary step toward creating a just society, not only here in the United States, but for black people around the world.
The 100 defines economic empowerment as the ability to be self-determined in creating dreams, pursuing them and ultimately perpetuating them by establishing the mechanisms to sustain generational wealth. Our programmatic initiatives promote generational economic self-sufficiency through financial literacy, family wealth building and entrepreneurship.

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