NEW YORK (1010 WINS) – Between 2004 and 2005, Horace L. Moore began to notice that dismal number in the amount of young Black men graduating from middle school. In 2006, after noticing of male middle school students were not enough to graduate, Horace L. Moore created the Chionesu Bakari Program.
Modeled after the idea of an all-male school, which was proposed by current NYC Schools Chancellor David Banks, the program was designed to guide young Black men away from the streets and towards a successful future.
The first class consisted of only 30 young men. In the fifteen years since the program was launched it has provided a positive influence to nearly 500 local young men.
This year, for 1010 WINS’ Black History Month series, Larry Mullins got the opportunity to sit down with Moore to not only discuss the program’s legacy (so far), but to discuss why young men need a program like this now more than ever.
He’s also joined by a mother who’s son attended the program and two young men who have been forever impacted by the experience.
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