100 Black Men of Syracuse raises funds and provides support for Central New York students who wish to tour historically black colleges. The Junior Frontiers of Mohawk Valley has taken black and Hispanic students on a college tour for the past 9 years. Junior Frontier is the youth arm of Frontiers International, a service organization.
The tour includes a stop at the 2010 Historically Black Colleges and Universities Festival in Virginia. Students will also visit Spelman College, Morehouse College and Clark Atlanta University in Atlanta, Ga.; Tuskegee University in Tuskegee, Ala.; Alabama State University in Montgomery, Ala.; Alabama A&M in Normal, Ala.; and Central State University in Wilberforce, Ohio.
"Hello my name Evander Coleman, I am a Junjior at GW Fowler High School. This is my first trip with the Junior Frontiers. This has been one of the best experiences of my life. This trip has made me really stop to think where I will be ten years later, and how I can better prepare myself now for the future. It gave me many possibilites for colleges. I have been truley blessed to be one of the students of my school to have an opportunity to particicpate on this trip. I became involved with this trip via the 100 Black Men of Syracuse, who encourged me to go on this trip, otherwise I would not be here. I will take what I learned back home and share it with my peers. This has been a wonderful journey!"Syracuse.Com Blog Post
February 21, 2008, 6:17AM
