Yesterday, our Black Male Initiative sponsored a program, "What Real Women Want." A group of professional women came to have lunch with our guys to talk about their expectations of men. The group included a prime time TV anchor, a bank vice president, a hotel executive, and a Governor's staff person.

These dynamic women kept the guys full attention. It was actually funny watching them so engaged and crowded around hanging on every word. The best thing was that we had some guys attend who had not been to a Black Male Initiative event, so it was a way to reach more guys and get their feedback on programs they would like to see.

Well, you know I heard it from the women. They want a similar event! So our Platinum By Design program will need to step up their game. In the meantime, I asked members of the Bless the Mic Street team if they wanted to go to Pine Bluff to see Susan L. Taylor. Susan spoke at PSC in March for Bless the Mic, and I knew some of my new students wanted to see her. So I was accompanied by six young ladies to UAPB.

Their student government association has started a lecture series called Empowering the Next Generation of Leaders. Kudos to SGA president Randall Walker for his initiative. The program was well done, and Susan Taylor was great! They will be bringing Jamal Harrison Bryant and Jeff Johnson this spring. We enjoyed ourselves and glad to share with a sister institution.

The Prez