If there is one thing this country has taught me, it’s that people have ability to unite in strength, love, and common cause. The secret to life is living towards your best self because there is nothing better in life than living – God’s greatest gift, freely given. We all need to know this, as it is the one thing we all live by. In this authority, we will succeed. 

BMN Core Value

1.      Strength

2.      Intelligence

3.      Dedication 

4.      Integrity

BMN Leadership Principles

1.  Be a master of yourself (Mind, Spirit, Body).

2.  Be the example of greatness.

3.  Give respect, demand respect.

4.  Never allow someone to limit you.

5.  Speak the truth, or not at all.

6.  Do no harm, take no shyte.

7.  Listen, learn, lead, teach – in that order.

Bold Leadership 

Leadership requires bold actions to enact change. As leaders, we do not have the luxury of fear. Leaders have to be connected to the people they lead. Somewhere there is a strong person watching our people be strong so they know how to become better. 

Authenticity 

In our effort to avoid conflict, Black Americans are in a constant state of competition against the images defined by America because America is in a constant state of war with its own image. People will not know what it means to be Black in America when Americans do not understand what it means to be an American in America.

It is a senseless concept to work many hours to buy someone else’s identity when you have not yet developed an identify of your own. When America find a beneficial value in a person, race is no longer a factor. As people begins to transcend the stereotypical images they advance beyond the boundaries and limitations of race. The value of a dollar is the same regardless of the hands it is in. Therefore, when you are comfortable with my money, you are comfortable with me.

God created us to be us not what someone says we should be. We live in the strongest country in the world, yet fear has compelled Americans into categories of likeness and likeability. Is our country a place that fears uniqueness? Will our men continue to be targeted for the fear of difference and ignorance?  NO! Because this is where we teach America to understand and love Americans, not just people in categories of likeness and likeability.