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| Greetings Community!!
This year’s theme is capsulated in one word,” Focused”. This singular word is the mantra that will fuel the scope of work for 2008. We remain steadfast to the vision that has always been to facilitate a safe and supportive environment where learning, networking, and empowerment are expressed on a daily basis through the management and staff of In The Meantime. It is with a great sense of anticipation that we announce our 5 year strategic plan. After a series of community focus groups and board of directors meetings we have established an intention to fulfill a scope of work to meet some of the key needs expressed from the local community. FIVE YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN: 1. Create Mental Health/ Case Management Programming – The key to internalizing healthy preventative behavior is to truly believe in its value and worth in relation to our personhood. Hence ITMT is dedicated to empowering the mental and emotional well-being of black gay and bisexual men. 2. Facilitate HIV/AIDS Testing – Historically, ITMT has provided educational and preventative support to ending the growth of HIV/AIDS. But when testing is added to our programming we can then provide added support by ensuring that infected individuals know their status earlier and are able to secure necessary medical treatment to stop its progression. 3. Develop a Youth Rec/ Drop in Center – The ITMT youth center will provide mentorship, personal development, computer training, job preparedness, and life skills development to scores of young people. 4. Strengthen our existing Programs: MYLIFE, The GAAME, and the NIA Project. – All three successful ITMT programs have become the wheels by which ITMT is able to move nimbly throughout South Los Angeles County providing crucial awareness, education and support to its underserved community. 5. Strengthen and further develop the capacity of the Black Gay Men’s Task force –ITMT’s goal is to ensure that the Task Force becomes more visible across the county and the state in its advocacy for the mental and physical health and financial literacy empowerment of black gay and bisexual men statewide. 6. Fund and maintain our Social justice Bill Board Campaign - This initiative is focused upon providing visible, positive and uplifting messaging with the intent of empowering and bringing awareness to specific community social justice issues and concerns. 7. Maintaining and growing our existing Crystal Meth Campaign – A creation of ITMT, this campaign will continue to target, identity, and provide support to at risk and meth addicted black gay and bisexual men across Los Angeles county. 8. Career Mentoring – For black gay and bisexual men who are college educated and already engaged in their careers, ITMT is dedicated to providing them with career enhancement and support as well by bringing in industry professionals and career experts to provide them with added tools of success. 9. Develop and implement a solid sustainable fundraising campaign – A crucial component of ITMT’s campaign will be through online donations. In fact all of ITMT’s related websites will be equipped to receive online donations plus its email messaging campaigns will be formatted to facilitate the “ask” 10. Continue to compile research of Black gay and bisexual men – ITMT is dedicated to creating focused research to measure the numbers, spending and social habits of black gay and bisexual men to ensure that their needs and community concerns are being met. In The Meantime Men’s Group is dedicated to serving the total black gay and bisexual man so that we as a black community can grow stronger and more viable together. I ask that you please join ITMT as we make this dream become a reality together!! Jeffrey King Executive Director In The Meantime Men’s Group, Inc. |
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| FROM THE FOUNDER |