by BMEAofMichigan | Feb 25, 2023 | News
The BMEA Leadership Team just wrapped up its 2023 Team Retreat! Over the past three days, we engaged in deep reflection and planning for the work ahead. Coming together in an intimate environment allowed us the opportunity to revisit our organization’s core...
by BMEAofMichigan | Feb 21, 2023 | News
We are proud to announce our 2023 Cohort of The Teacher Wellness Professional Learning Community. These educators span across various grade levels and cities, while all demonstrating a commitment to ensuring their personal wellness in order to be their best for their...
by BMEAofMichigan | Feb 16, 2023 | News
This week, Eastern Michigan University’s College of Education recognized and honor BMEA’s Founder & CEO, Dr. Curtis Lewis, as one of their “Black Figures in Academia”. Their posts included the following statement regarding Dr. Lewis’...
by BMEAofMichigan | Feb 16, 2023 | News
Black Male Educators Alliance is proud to be in the 2023 Cohort of Racial Equity Fund recipients by United Way for Southeastern Michigan!The Racial Equity Fund endeavors to provide financial support in the form of flexible, unrestricted and general operating grants...
by BMEAofMichigan | Feb 15, 2023 | Podcast
We are back with a new episode of The BMEA Podcast: Lifting Our Voices! Recently on the show, we have been discussing the mindset of our youth when they leave the K12 school system. As we know, once those students leave the school system, they enter “the real world”...
by BMEAofMichigan | Feb 15, 2023 | Podcast
We are back with a new episode of The BMEA Podcast: Lifting Our Voices! On tonight’s episode, “A Soulless Community”, hosts Dr. Curtis Lewis and Mr. Michael Payne Jr. are joined by Dr. Karlin Tichenor to discuss recent violent tragedies that have...
by BMEAofMichigan | Feb 15, 2023 | Podcast
We are back with a new episode of The BMEA Podcast: Lifting Our Voices! In 2008, our founder Dr. Lewis created and successfully implemented a mentoring program for young males of color as part of a research grant, in partnership with Michigan State University, the...
by BMEAofMichigan | Feb 15, 2023 | Podcast
We are back with a new episode of The BMEA Podcast: Lifting Our Voices! In tonight’s episode, hosts Dr. Curtis Lewis, Founder and CEO of BMEA, and Michael Payne, Co-Founder and Director of Membership and Community Engagement are back together to discuss the...
by BMEAofMichigan | Feb 15, 2023 | Podcast
Welcome back to Lifting Our Voices! In today’s episode, hosts Dr. Curtis Lewis, Founder and CEO of BMEA, and Micael Payne, Co-Founder and Director of Membership and Community Engagement of BMEA are joined by BMEA Principal Wellness Fellow, Mr. Anton Horton to...
by BMEAofMichigan | Feb 15, 2023 | Podcast
Welcome back to Lifting Our Voices! In today’s episode, hosts Dr. Curtis Lewis, Founder and CEO of BMEA, and Micael Payne, Co-Founder and Director of Membership and Community Engagement of BMEA, discuss concepts from Dr. Joy Degruy’s phenomenal book “Post...
