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"My dad lives about 100 feet from this Boys and Girls Club. He knows I'm here every day at the same time," said 18-year-old DeSean Williams. "He knows what I'm doing, but he doesn't make the effort to come see me. I don't get a 'hello,' a text message. It's nothing."
"I'm only 26 years old and I'm the closest thing these boys have to a father figure. That frustrated me," said Bertrand. "It's a program that makes kids understand that getting older doesn't make you a man. It's taking accountability of your actions and being a person people can depend on."
Bertrand and his friend Jackson know that becoming a man doesn't come without bumps in the road. He knows the violence in their community. These two mentors were robbed and shot leaving a homecoming game in November.
“It’s not fair to expect young men to know how to act in society without positive role models to instill morals and values at an early age,” said Area Director Cameron Bertrand. Passport to Manhood is preparing today’s young males to be tomorrow’s driven gentlemen.
Join our conversation as we have a discussion with Cameron Bertrand (program organizer and one of the Passport to Manhood participants "Desean"... let's talk JustUS (Justice)...
