What We Do
FACILITATION TRAINING
The goal of this course is to teach you the most effective transformative facilitation; participation and group collaboration skills that will ensure BMX group sessions are focused and produce value and results. The course covers several advanced facilitation, emotional intelligence and cultural transformation topics that are guaranteed to have an immediate positive effect in the way you work. We have designed this course to have extensive workshops and live demos to demonstrate the key skills needed to become an effective leader.
PUBLIC AWARENESS
Testing Makes Us Stronger is a national campaign with a special focus in six initial key U.S. cities where black gay and bisexual men are heavily affected by HIV: Atlanta, Baltimore, Houston, New York, Oakland and Washington D.C. Outreach activities and events are being scheduled in each city, and the campaign will also visit Black Pride events across the country.
BMX-DC supports this campaign and has partner with Testing Makes Us Stronger is a part of Act Against AIDS, CDC’s 5-year, multi-faceted national communication campaign to fight the HIV/AIDS crisis in the United States. Act Against AIDS focuses on raising HIV awareness among all persons living in the United States and reducing the risk of infection among the hardest-hit populations. The multiple campaign phases use mass media (TV, radio, newspapers, billboard advertisements, magazines, the Internet and other communication channels) to deliver important HIV prevention messages. To learn more about Act Against AIDS, visit www.cdc.gov/actagainstaids.
Our Partners
CRITICAL THINKING, CULTURAL AFFIRMATION (CTCA)
Introduction to Critical Thinking…
Our Mission
At Black Men’s Xchange (BMX) National, our mission is to address the complex and diverse challenges Black males aged 18 and up face. These challenges range from social injustice and behavioural issues to self-conceptual health concerns. We recognize that Black men come from different economic circumstances, educational backgrounds, sexual orientations, classes, and cultures, and we are committed to providing meaningful solutions to these issues. Our approach involves teaching the fundamentals of critical thinking and cultural affirmation (CTCA) and emphasizing the importance of living an intentionally productive life. We believe that by equipping Black men with these skills and awareness, we can help them navigate through U.S. society and overcome obstacles Such as faulty impulses health threats, poverty, and others At BMX National, we are dedicated to helping Black men enhance or discover their leadership capacity We believe that every Black has the potential to become a powerful and productive leader in their community and we provide guidance and support to help them achieve this By empowering black men with tool and knowledge to navigate thought behaviours that cart impede their personal growth and success.