Voter’s Guide Workshop – Understanding the Candidates
As we approach another critical election, it’s time to break down the presidential candidates. From major party contenders like Kamala Harris (Democratic Party) and Donald… Read More
Theory Thursday: Are Athletes Workers?
While professional athletes may earn significantly more than the average person, they still receive only a fraction of what team owners make. Meanwhile, college athletes… Read More
Theory Thursday: Million Dollar Slaves?
With Kendrick Lamar’s recent Super Bowl performance announcement and Tyreek Hill’s brutal arrest captured on camera, the start of the NFL season has us grappling… Read More
Theory Thursday: Black Independent Political Power
Black Men Build believes that building and attaining power is the only way that Black people will shape our collective destiny. However, when we say… Read More
Theory Thursday: Healing During WARTIME
One of our themes this year at Black Men Build is “Healing During WARTIME.” But what does that mean?… Read More
Theory Thursday: The History of Black Worker Power
Session One: Thursday, May 16 at 7PM ET {RSVP} Join us for this month’s Theory Thursday series on the history of Black Worker Power. Read More
Theory Thursday: Women’s History Month
In our 2023 Annual Impact Report, we spotlight our significant milestones as an organization and the nationwide impact of our initiatives. Read More
Black Men Build 2023 Impact Report
In our 2023 Annual Impact Report, we spotlight our significant milestones as an organization and the nationwide impact of our initiatives. Read More
Deeper Than Rape
Whenever rape is brought up, the room tenses. Silence seeps in. Niggas get shifty. Energies begin to fill the air: pain, guilt, fear, avoidance, denial, anger, sympathy, dismissal. I‘ve seen it happen. I’ve felt it happen. Read More
Will Dark Skinned Women Ever Be Loved?
Black is Beautiful, ALL Shades of Black. You would think that this would be a no-brainer in these times of “wokeness,” but it seems that after all this time, many of us are still “color struck,” showing obvious favor to light-skinned people as opposed to those of us who are of a darker hue. Read More
Respect and Black Men
In a drinking game segment, Drink Champs host Noriega asks guests to pick one: loyalty or respect. Most of the people I’ve heard go with loyalty, explaining that someone can respect you and still do you dirty. In fact, it’s basically the only answer that makes sense, because respect has little value if the person in question feels they owe you nothing. Read More
An Open Letter to Black Sisters
One might have hoped by this time, by this day–in–age, that the very mention of what seems to have become merely the evening news would be so intolerable amongst us brothers that we might raise our fists for you and with you rather than ever again raise them against you. But, of course, it would then require us to confront ourselves with the time old question of, “How does it feel to be the problem?” Read More
Organizing in the Biden/Harris Administration
Who will overextend themselves in the name of loving Black people for real? Who determines what is required for freedom to become an actualized concept? Our real problems aren’t even on the menu of discussion. No ballot box has ever provided a solution for this reality. Read More
Worth Our Weight In Guns
Our ability to carry and own firearms has been systematically suppressed since before the United States was even a country. Read More
Who Do You Love?
Our hearts are filled with toxic sludge and it overflows into every aspect of our lives. We get relationship advice from JustinLaBoy on IG and niggas that cheat on their wives while they’re preaching to not cheat on your wives. I hate it here, but sometimes I like it. Read More
