100 Black Men of the Bay Area, Inc.
Non-profit organization in Oakland, CA
- Address
- 1807 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Oakland, CA, 94612
- Phone
- (510) 763-3661
- Website
- 100blackmenba.org
About 100 Black Men of the Bay Area, Inc.
100 Black Men of the Bay Area, Inc. specializes in mentoring, education, health and wellness, and economic empowerment programs for disadvantaged, disenfranchised, and low-income youth and families across the Oakland and greater Bay Area region. Its school-based Mentoring Program is a major point of impact, serving more than 350 students across two middle schools, four high schools, and one college campus with daily guidance sessions and weekly study halls, embedding consistent adult support directly into students' school routines rather than relying on after-school or weekend-only contact. The organization has awarded more than $50,000 in college scholarships over the years, directly funding higher education access for the youth it mentors. Beyond academics, the chapter runs health and wellness support programs aimed at helping underprivileged inner-city children and their families make better health, lifestyle, and economic decisions, reflecting a whole-family approach rather than a narrow focus on individual students. Headquartered on Martin Luther King, Jr. Way in Oakland, the organization holds a visible civic presence in the city, underscored by the City of Oakland's official proclamation, announced by Mayor Barbara Lee, declaring the 100th day of every year "100 Black Men of the Bay Area Day." That level of civic recognition reflects the organization's decades-long, sustained presence in Oakland's youth development and mentoring landscape.
100 Black Men of the Bay Area, Inc. was founded in 1988 as the Bay Area chapter of the national 100 Black Men of America network, headquartered on Martin Luther King, Jr. Way in Oakland. Since its founding, the chapter has built out a school-based mentoring program now reaching more than 350 students across multiple Oakland-area middle schools, high schools, and a college campus, along with health and wellness and college scholarship initiatives that have distributed more than $50,000 to date. The chapter's decades of sustained work in Oakland culminated in the City of Oakland officially proclaiming the 100th day of each year as "100 Black Men of the Bay Area Day," announced by Mayor Barbara Lee in recognition of the organization's long-standing community impact.
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