Texas Male Student Leadership Virtual Summit 2021
We would like to thank our keynote speakers, SaulPaul and Ernesto Mejia, for their powerful messages as well as our plenary speakers, Ramon Benavides and Taharka Anderson, for sharing their personal stories and ways they impact research to help improve the lives of boys and young men of color. Shout out and thanks to Dr. Patrick Valdez for being our emcee. We extend our thanks and gratitude to all of our speakers for sharing their knowledge and helping to build our community. We appreciate all of our college-bound, college, and professional attendees who we hope to see again at next year’s summit. Thanks to our Project MALES and Consortium staff along with the studio staff and everyone involved for making this year’s summit a success.
Keynote – SaulPaul
Keynote – Ernesto Mejia
Plenary Sessions
A Story on Beating the Statistics – Benevides | Using Hip-Hop & Black Male Studies to Understand the Vulnerabilities of Black Men & Boys – Anderson
College-Bound Track Workshops
Building a Strong Admissions Application | My Brother’s Keeper | Achieving Leadership & Advocacy | Do Something Great Today!
College Track Workshops
Defining, Planning, and Achieving Success | Do You Really Want to Be a Community Leader? | A Tale of Two Men: One I See, and the One Others Think They See | Navigating the Transfer Process & Transition
Professional Workshops
Latinx Pop Lab – Future of Latin Media | Providing Space for Vulnerability: Institutional Needs of MOC in Rural Context | I am My Brother’s Keeper: Changing Systems Through Alignment