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The second session of the month fosters confidence and honing critical social skills. The Young Gents are immersed in sessions where they learn important historical accounts of African-American trials, tragedies, and triumphs that are all too often omitted or glossed over in their classrooms and traditional textbooks. Under the care and guidance of influential African-American male role models from diverse social, political, and professional backgrounds, these workshops teach the Young Gents life lessons including how to tie their own neckties, facing confrontation, financial literacy, presentation skills, and how to take steps towards pursuing their future careers.

In 2017, business travel was added to the Young Gents curriculum. The travel experience is the culmination of the entire program. Here, the Young Gents get to demonstrate the skills that they have acquired over the past nine months in business meetings and challenges such as last year’s Shark Tank-style pitch in front of NYC’s industry leaders and venture capitalists.

Expanding our Young Gents horizons to include environments like the tech industry, the upper echelons of business, new cities, and fine arts culture allows them to envision themselves becoming successful in those worlds.