Equity Statement
Approximately 147,000 males are incarcerated in the United States prison systems in 2022. This number, approximately 92% of all incarcerated individuals in the country, is staggering. One Hundred Men is on a mission to help address the systemic barriers and challenges facing men in society.
The United States is home to 5% of the worlds population, but 25% of the world’s prisoners.
Think about that, a little country with 5$ of the worlds population, and having 25% of the worlds prisoners. ! out of 4 human beings with their hands in bars, shackled, in the world are locked up here in the land of the free.
We had a prison population of 300,000 in 1972. Today we have a prison population of 2.3 million.
The United States now has the hightest rate of incarceration in the world.
So you see, now suddenly their in awakening that, or perhaps we need to downsize our prison system, it’s gotten too expensive it’s gotten out of hand. Um, but the very folks express so much concern. But the very folks who often express so much concern, uh about the cost and the expense of the system are often very unwilling to talk about in any serious way about remediating the harm it has done.
History is not just stuff that happens by accident. We are the products of the history that our ancestors chose if we were white. If we are black, we are the products of the history that our ancestors most likely did not chose.
Through the 12-month program, 100 men will have an opportunity to a make better decisions and change their lives through live workshops, seminars, and conferences.
Each dollar raised goes to helping lift men out of poverty and onto a path to promise and opportunity.