{"id":2642,"date":"2022-10-19T08:53:01","date_gmt":"2022-10-19T12:53:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nnpa.org\/education\/?p=2642"},"modified":"2023-05-27T21:45:47","modified_gmt":"2023-05-28T01:45:47","slug":"2642","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nnpa.org\/education\/2022\/10\/19\/2642\/","title":{"rendered":"The Birmingham Mayor and The Mentees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Birmingham Times<\/p>\n<p>Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin, center, surrounded by members of the University of Alabama at Birmingham\u2019s BMEN (Blazer Male Excellence Network) Peer Mentoring Program, which was honored by Woodfin and Birmingham City Council during Tuesday\u2019s meeting. In 15 years of mentoring, BMEN has produced a number of successful alumni, including doctors, lawyers, entrepreneurs and fashion designers.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel Elston, lead mentor for BMEN, said, \u201cFrom starting out as a vision for inspiring Black excellence, to creating a space to facilitate it, to becoming one of the most prominent groups on campus, the [BMEN] has and continues to make amazing strides in supporting Black men at UAB and within the city of Birmingham,\u201d said Daniel Elston, lead mentor for BMEN. (Ryan Michaels, The Birmingham Times)<\/p>\n<p><em>This article originally appeared in <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.birminghamtimes.com\/2022\/10\/the-birmingham-mayor-and-the-mentees\/\"><em>The Birmingham Times<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BIRMINGHAM TIMES \u2014 Daniel Elston, lead mentor for BMEN, said, \u201cFrom starting out as a vision for inspiring Black excellence, to creating a space to facilitate it, to becoming one of the most prominent groups on campus, the [BMEN] has and continues to make amazing strides in supporting Black men at UAB and within the city of Birmingham,\u201d said Daniel Elston, lead mentor for BMEN. 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