African-American Male Initiative Summit shines light on possibilities

The Inaugural African-American Male Initiative (AAMI) Summit, hosted by GGC’s AAMI-Elite Scholars program, created a forum for African American males to share experiences and discuss positive solutions. GGC students also shared remarks about their challenges, as well as the support provided by AAMI. Workshops and breakout sessions focused on a variety of topics, including wellness, emotional intelligence and navigating through daily life, which aligned with AAMI’s mission to provide an integrated program model of academic, leadership and life skills that support students in successfully completing each academic level and graduating.

More than 100 guests and GGC faculty, staff and students gathered for the summit, which was themed “He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother.”

GGC enrolls 73% of the African American males seeking bachelor degrees at the University System of Georgia’s nine state colleges.