MEDIA ADVISORY

ACM CELEBRATES FATHERHOOD FROM THE WHITE HOUSE TO THE COMMUNITY!
 
ACM SALUTES OUR 2010 FATHER OF THE YEAR "LEON WILKERSON" FOR HIS OUTSTANDING COMMITMENT TO TRANSFORMING THE LIVES OF YOUTH, FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES"
 
The Alliance of Concerned Men Joins President Barack Obama on Responsible Fatherhood
 
June 17, 2010
 
Media Contact: Brandi Forte
 
(202) 903-3297
 
WHO: In the spirit of fatherhood, The Alliance of Concerned Men will join President Barack Obama and a group of key leaders next week in Washington , D.C.  for a speech on             Responsible Fatherhood.
 
WHEN: Monday, June 21, 2010, at 8:00 a.m.
 
WHERE: The ARC in S.E.
 

The Alliance of Concerned Men (ACM) is a nonnprofit organization with the goal of saving lives of at risk youth residing in high crime areas of the Washington DC metropolitan community. 

I became aware of the Alliance of Concerned Men several years ago when I was the United States Deputy Attorney General. They have proven to be an effective tool in Washington, DC in reducing the level of  crime in the areas where it operates.

Beyond that (has been successful) in raising hope in those areas in helping people turn their lives around. A lot of people focus on crime rates and that's important. From my perspective, a better measurement of success for an organization is what you do to raise people up. They devote their time, devote their money and give their lives often in order to help young people.

I have great respect for the Alliance. I’ve seen the miracle they’ve brought. It needs to be duplicated. It can work in New York, Detroit, Los Angeles, and any other community in America with similar problems.
-Eric H. Holder, Jr., Former Deputy U.S. Attorney General

The residents of the nation's capital greatly benefit from the citizen-initiated efforts of the Alliance of Concerned Men in many areas of our civic life. The Alliance's work in producing, 'Preserving Life and Intervening in Crises in our Communities,1 is a particularly valuable contribution to efforts to reduce crime and gang activity among young people.  I believe this short but indispensable book contains many ideas that other communities, too, will find valuable.
-Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) on behalf of her Commission on Black Men and Boys

I came in contact with the Alliance of Concerned Men when I dropped out of school to attend GED classes with the SSI program. I was informed about ACM from my peers who attend the GED program.   I was at a low point in my life because I had nothing.  I had no job, no education, and most of all I had no guidance from a male figure on how a man should be in life.  Being affiliated with ACM I have received employment through partnership with Department of Employment Services.  Also I have the benefit of working with youth at the same point where I was in life.  The ACM has changed my life by helping me to become a civilized adult.  I started with no high school diploma or GED and finish with a high school diploma, and a job.  The ACM has also changed my way of thinking in reference to life and making critical decisions.
-Ivan Cloyd