My Brother's Keeper Alliance - Obama Foundation

We believe that every young person deserves the opportunity to achieve their dreams, regardless of their race, gender, or socioeconomic status.

President Obama launched My Brother’s Keeper in February 2014 to address persistent opportunity gaps facing boys and young men of color and to ensure all youth can reach their full potential. In 2015 the My Brother’s Keeper Alliance (MBK Alliance) was launched, inspired by My Brother’s Keeper, to scale and sustain this mission. In late 2017, MBK Alliance became an initiative of the Obama Foundation. Within the Obama Foundation, MBK Alliance focuses on building safe and supportive communities for boys and young men of color where they feel valued and have clear pathways to opportunity.

MBK Community Challenge Competition

In March 2018, MBK Alliance will launch a national competition to identify and support several cities, towns, counties and Tribal Nations that accepted the MBK Community Challenge.

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“Ensuring that our young people can go as far as their dreams and hard work will take them is the single most important task that we have as a nation. It is the single most important thing we can do for our country’s future.”

President Barack Obama,
My Brother’s Keeper Summit, December 14, 2016

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