Welcome to IamSAAM.org – the official website of the New York/New Jersey State of the African American Male (SAAM) initiative. On behalf of my colleagues in the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), Rep. Major Owens, Rep. Donald Payne, Rep. Charles Rangel and Rep. Edolphus Towns, I encourage you to use this site as an opportunity to be a part of a new and exciting project aimed at expanding opportunity for Black men in New York and New Jersey.
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How Shall We Proceed?
By Carl Sharif
Pondering the status of the African American male opens a window through which there is a dim hazy view. All too familiar statistics of doom cloud the horizon. Here’s what I see from the 63rd floor.
The African American male remains captive in America. Our condition has actually worsened over the last two decades. It could be said, that under our own devices, we have crawled back onto the plantation.
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Controlling Our Destiny
By David R. Jones
Few can deny the tremendous challenges facing Black men living in New York City, as some of our own data demonstrates. Still, we have at our disposal an incredible pool of able, talented and committed men who, if working collectively, can determine appropriate courses of action to address our most pressing problems. And we should not operate under the premise that there is nothing but bad news when it comes to the state of the African-American male in our city. Quite the contrary, More>
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