Executive Speaker Series
Morehouse College
March 21, 2011
Michael Blake – Associate Director, White House Office of Public Engagement 7 Deputy Associate Director of the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs
The Vanguard Leadership Group is 501(c)3 tax exempt leadership development organization and honor society for high-achieving minority students at the nation’s colleges and universities.
Live Blogging……
7:19 pm: Michael Hayes, President of Vanguard Leadership Group “we must identify the reasons we wake up in the morning”
7:22: It can get lonely when you are African American (MB)
7:26: Behind every successful black man is an exhausted sista (MB)
7:29: Quoting Romans 8:18…hot verse
7:42: The new “YES WE CAN” is “WINNING THE FUTURE”
7:44: J.E.A.N.S (Journey, Educate, Aspirational Action, Non-Existent Excuses, Solutions for Tomorrow)
7:51: You are in a global competition. When you are asleep, others are up trying to figure out how to pass you by.
7:53: Measure the movement….lets have some action behind the talk
8:01: End
