Karl Spencer

This past Saturday, the members of the 100 Black Men of Austin continued it’s Saturday Leadership Academy(SLA) Texas Empowerment Academy. SLA, which is bi-weekly, aims to teach young men and women about life skills, financial responsibility and more. During this session, the group began working on building cars as a part of an on-going initiative with The Drone Apprenticeship Program. More info about the program will be available later.

We also continued our workshops for our Hands on Banking and Junior Investment initiative, which is done yearly in partnership with the 100 Black Men of America, SIFMA and Wells Fargo . The students are learning the basic knowledge of how money, banking and financing works, while also participating in The Stock Market Game, competing with other youth around the country.

During the next session we will continue helping the group build their car models and get them ready for race competition.

The 100 Black Men of Austin launched the inaugural Leadership and Career initiative with the Collegiate 100 at Huston-Tillotson University.  The focus of the initiative is to prepare students to understand the importance of their brand, preparing for their future by obtaining internships, becoming financially savvy, and preparing for the real world post-graduation.

The sessions will focus on;

1. Creating competitive resumes
2. Developing effective elevator pitches and interview etiquette
3. Practicing interview techniques with human resource experts
4. Understanding the Dos and Don’ts on social media
5. Financial Literacy
6. Understanding the transition from college to adulthood

We want to thank our community partners InternXL, Austin FC, and Career So Well for providing your professional services and support to the students.