Edward E. Fisher Special Projects Chair Mr. Edward Fisher is a retired public school teacher and administrator from the District of Columbia Public schools and is currently a Program Manager in workforce development for the University of the District of Columbia . Ed Fisher has served CBM in a number of capacities over the years first as member of several committees and as an at large board member to the board of directors. He has also served as Vice- President and President of the DC Chapter. He is most proud of being one of the founding members of the Rites of Passage Program that took an extra level of planning and dedication to put the young men on the path to manhood. As a member of the DC chapter of Concerned Black Men, Ed was a part of the founding of the National Organization of Concerned Black Men and has worked as a consultant for the NOCBM on several projects the Fatherhood Initiative and the Young Males of Color Achievement Initiative.He has directed a number of summer projects for youth such as City Blues and the Young Men Stepping Up Program. Both programs were designed to reduce drug abuse and violence through arts and academic enrichment.Ed’s expertise has extended into the policy area, when he served on the Education Licensure Commission for the District of Columbia . (Appointed by Mayor Anthony Williams), where he deliberated on the merits of post secondary and propriety schools. During his five years on the commission he served as secretary and that of vice president.Ed is currently the President of the Far Northeast Southeast Council one of the oldest Civic Associations in the City of Washington, DC. He pledges to bring the community together, the young and the old, the rich the poor, the races especially with the current gentrification taking place in our city. Mr. Fisher is married and the father of two male adult children and one adult daughter and several grand children. Mr. Fisher has dedicated his life to working with and for youth, he and his wife have been a strong force in their community, to live the Concerned Black Men Motto of “Caring for Our Youth
Robert S. Smith Membership Chair Mr. Smith is a native of Philadelphia , PA. Graduate of American InterContinental University MS Information technology, Morgan State University BS Information Science and Systems, . Robert is currently a contracting Systems Engineer and DC resident.
"My history with mentoring began when I was a senior in Girard College , a boarding/military school in Philadelphia . Our houseparents went on strike during our last year of school and we, the eldest students on campus, had to either substitute as houseparents or graduate late...it was an easy choice. The experience forever changed me and gave me an understanding of mentoring youth."
Quotes I heard and love:
"Just because someone has given up on their dreams, don't let them convince you to give up on yours."
"The happiest people don't have to best of everything, they just make the best out of everything they have."
"God is not going to put something on you that you can't handle."
"To whom much is given, much is required" Lastly..."When you cup runneth over....don't get a bigger cup...help someone who's cup is not yet full." My friend, Rene Cooper
Richard Fitzhugh Just Say Yes Chairman, CBMDC I am 62 years old and from Washington , DC . I graduated from Coolidge High School and Howard University with a BS in Architecture. I am now a fine artist and commercial artist, but one of my favorite things is working, playing, and doing athletics with young men. I have lived in many cities on the East Coast, and spent 15 years in West Virginia -- and 4 in Guyana , South America .I have been involved with many organizations that work with young men. I had, and still have, a little brother through Big Brothers and Big Sisters of the Eastern Panhandle (WV), and was a board member. I have also been a volunteer for PASS (Providing Academic Support Services), where you select and work with young men who are not living up to their academic potential, and instead are on the path to dropping out. I am a member of United African-American Artists of West Virginia, a group that has been doing an on-going, week long, live-in summer camp for 13 - 17 year old students. I’ve been doing this for over 20 years.I have no children of my own, but I do have 4 Godchildren. I am also always involved with children in the neighborhoods where I have lived. Concerned Black Men gives me the opportunity to be formally involved in a variety of activities with a variety of students, and adds a lot of pleasure to my life.
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