Greg Corbin
Teacher, founded Philadelphia Youth Poetry Movement and created the Legacy Project, which explores the multilayered black male experience through a one-man theatrical performance and community workshops. ($25,000)
Tyree Dumas
Founded DollarBoyz, a youth-entertainment company, and heads Youth Now on Top (Y-NOT), a program in which youths create and run their own businesses. ($35,000)
Russell Hicks
Created FLASH MOB, a social media and entrepreneurship training program for black males, 16 to 25 years old. ($20,500)
Brandon T. Jones
Heads I Think Tank where young people assess community problems, design projects, and team up with senior citizens to see them through. ($35,000)
Reuben Jones
Founded Frontline Dads, a mentoring, cultural-awareness, and development program for youths with incarcerated parents or siblings, and youths in foster care. ($20,000)
Solomon Jones
Author and former Daily news columnist, created the Words on the Street literacy program to increase the literacy skills of 650 students through role modeling and workshops. ($20,000)
Ari Merretazon
Works through Pointman Soldiers Heart Ministry to reconnect veterans to their families, counseling and job services, and benefits. ($25,000)
Alex Peay
Founded Rising Suns, an after-school program where recent college graduates and college students mentor high school boys and train high school boys to mentor elementary school students. ($4,650)
Shawn White
Founded the Phreman Audio Studio Academy, which will teach audio recording and mixing to young people while promoting HIV/AIDS prevention and antiviolence strategies. ($19,300)
Eric D. Williams
Created Project Elijah Empowering Autism (PEEA), an after-school program for middle-spectrum autistic students,
8 to 14 years old; his son was the inspiration. ($38,700)
