In June of 2008, the Open Society Institute's U.S. Programs launched the Campaign for Black Male Achievement as a three-year, cross-fund strategy to address black men and boys' exclusion from economic, social, educational, and political life in the United States.
The campaign responds to a growing body of research that reveals the intensification of black males' negative life outcomes. It builds on U.S. Programs' mission to support individuals and organizations that nurture the development of a more democratic, open society, as well as the Open Society Institute's expertise and past work to reduce incarceration, promote racial justice, and support youth engagement and leadership development.
The Campaign for Black Male Achievement provides grantmaking and other operational support for efforts to advance educational equity, dismantle the school-to-prison pipeline, strengthen families through responsible fatherhood, support youth organizing and leadership, promote economic opportunity, and develop a strategic communications framework to change public representations and perceptions of black boys and men.
Please direct campaign inquiries to cbma@sorosny.org.
