Common Questions

Why do you only work with young, Black males?
While it is our desire that every child have an opportunity to participate in significant activities that enrich the lives of themselves and their families, it is our belief that a concentrated effort to affect the lives of a centralized group of individuals creates an undulation effect that results in community empowerment.

The statistics say it all:

• Leading Cause of Death… HOMICIDE
• Graduating High School… 65%
• Graduating College… 10%
• Prison Population… 42%
• At/Below Poverty… 40%
• Living in Single Parent Home… 50%
• Newborn’s Chance of Prison… 1 in 4

No single organization can drive the needs of every section of society. To do so could deliver unfavorable results in several areas.

But to merge and concentrate an organization’s efforts into one particular area as the proprietors of the community, The 100 seeks to then galvanize the population as a whole.