BLACK MEN MATTER SERIES - Brothers Liberating Our Communities -The Need for More Black Male Educators: guest Cornell Ellis

This episode of “The Male Perspective,'' Lana sits down with the Executive Director of Brothers Liberating Our Communities (BLOC) - Cornell Ellis to discuss strategic pathways to increasing the number of Black males in educational careers. Mr. Ellis sheds light on the historical adversities that contribute to the current low number of Black male teachers and their retention rate such as workplace biases, school board ideologies and available emotional support spaces. BLOC works to increase the number of Black males in K-12 education by recruiting at the high school and college level and providing mentorship along with effective professional development programs. @theblockc For more information on Cornell Ellis: https://www.theblockc.org/ https://www.instagram.com/bloc.kc/ https://www.facebook.com/BLOCkcmo/ https://www.youtube.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/cornell-ellis-1b968083/ . . . Follow Lana Reid at: http://Facebook.com/TheLanaReid http://Instagram.com/TheLanaReid http://Twitter.com/TheLanaReid Visit Lana’s website at http://lanareid.com "The Male Perspective" is hosted by Lana Reid, the founder of Conversations in Color, a nonprofit 501(c)3 grassroots organization dedicated to providing uplifting and community building spaces of dialogue for Black voices.