Origin of The Black Men's Collective

The origin of The Black Men’s Collective was as a committee founded in 1992 that was comprised of black administrators and professionals to address the problems of retention among black male undergraduates. The committee was comprised of men at various stages of their professional and academic development who chose to contribute to the black male community at Rutgers by serving as a resource to undergraduates making their way towards their degree. In 2005, students who were affected by the committee decided to take on the committee’s cause and started a student organization to continue it’s mission. Those students were: 

Adebayo Sotayo

 

Cliff Cosbert

Abdullah Abdul-Hakeem 

Maurice Ingram

The Black Men’s Collective was formed for the expressed purpose of increasing the academic and social success of black male students through increasing interaction and dialogue between black male students, faculty, staff and alumni. The BMC focuses on the academic and life issues of black males ranging from retention to economic empowerment and everything in between.