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 The 2006 Legacy of Excellance Summer Enrichment Camp. was made possible through our collaboration with Zion Baptist Church and was funded in part by the William G. Baker, Jr. Memorial Fund.
AGBM was allowed to continue its efforts to help African American males (between the ages of 11-14) with developing a clear sense of their attributes, talents, goals, and attitudes to enhance their self-image, self-esteem and build character. We hope that our modules will serve as yet another intervention strategy to help young people stay interested and engaged in the learning process. We have created two (2) learning modules to achieve our goals. The first, the AGBM Life Skills Modules, was designed to help the young men develop an individual plan self-improvement, and obtain skills for job searching, job retention and career management. The second, the Computer Literacy Training module, makes use of technological tools such as personal computers (and our web site www.agoodblackman.com) to help camp participants demonstrate an appreciation of the historical strength of the African American family as well as reflect the positive contributions of their families, friends and the community in which they live. The overall objective of the Life Skills Program Module is to help children develop a clear sense of their attributes, talents, goals, and attitudes to enhance their employability. In the process, we will assist them with creating individual plans for self-improvement, and obtain skills for job searching, job retention and career management. The areas of concentration and specific programmatic objectives for this module are self discovery, understanding yourself, identification and self analysis. AGBM enlisted the help of mentors to assist us with helping participants discover what is required to be successful in the world of work and how to market themselves to attain positions and promotions. Additionally, they were counseled on how to appropriately manage workplace behavior and relationships.
Through the use of technological tools, PCs, software, scanners, and digital cameras camp participants were actively engaged in creating a digital diary designed to help them demonstrate an appreciation of the historical strength of the African American family as well as reflect the positive contributions of their families, friends, and the community in which they live.
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With the support and generosity of Pastor Marshall F. Prentiss, (Director of Operations) Walter Barham and (Network Administrator) Faye Harty, campers were allowed full access to the churchs’ state-of-the-art computer lab. 
In addition, campers were provided with a nutritious lunch free-of-charge during their 6-week encounter.
Assisting us with achieving our programmatic goals were mentors and community leaders who volunteered their time to the campers. Presentations were made by (former) Philadelphia 76er, Ernie Graham, systems engineer Brian Willis, former gang-banger turned youth advocate, Gary Hines and corporate CEO Chris Hardy (of CS Hardy Financial) to name a few.