Project 007

Project 007 is an initiative that includes the first students who enrolled in 100 Black Men programs. The program began with the selection twenty (22) first grade boys from Ross Elementary in 1991. The students were chosen with no criteria or academic merit. Students have an assigned mentor, who monitors their academic and social progress through high school. As part of the relationship, the organization has pledged to provide academic support and enrichment activities that will prepare these students for college and beyond. Such support comes via mentoring relationships, overnight retreats, youth leadership conferences, monitoring of grades and school performance, periodic meetings with parents and teachers and a host of other activities.

An agreement was signed between the parents, the organization, Ross Elementary, and the Board of Education in 1991 that stated if the boys remained active participants in the activities of The 100, including regular attendance to 100 Black Men sponsored events, that The 100 would provide financial support for each students’ college education to any four-year college or university of their choice.

Because of the special nature of this relationship, the 100 Black Men have established the 007 Scholarship Fund, a restrictive endowment to finance the college grants for each student.

The name 007 is synonymous with the year (2007) that these students are scheduled to graduate college.