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