Men of Destiny

Men of Destiny was born out of a need to address the violence, social misconduct, and high crime rates in the community, perpetrated by young men and women who don’t have a sense of direction of purpose! They typically lack the family structure and community support that is necessary to grow into the mature responsible adults that we would want for our future. Our mission is to empower Opportunity youth to choose a different path.

Men of Destiny instills leadership, accountability, and life skills to deter criminal activity and cultivate responsible adulthood. Join us in creating pathways for success through education, economic opportunities, and community collaboration.

Since 2022, Men of Destiny has led the cross-sector collaborative “Collaboration Over Competition,” Team 5 of the Carolina Across 100 (CX100) “Our State, Our Work: Connecting Young Adults to their Futures” (OSOW) program. CX100 is a five-year initiative whose goal is to aid community-driven recovery and build sustainable efforts in all 100 counties by providing human resources, data insights, coaching, facilitation, coordination, and program design. OSOW, the initiative’s first program, seeks to connect Opportunity Youth (young adults aged 16–24-year-olds who are not working and are also not in school) to living-wage employment and educational opportunities. Men of Destiny were selected to participate in this 18-month peer learning model with twelve other cross-sector collaboratives from across the state. They were also selected as one of three teams selected as round one OSOW innovation mini-grant recipients. OSOW mini-grants allow teams to pursue innovative ways to engage with Opportunity Youth in their communities through experimentation, learning, and the development of evidence-based practices. 

Carolina Across 100 (CX100) “Our State, Our Work: Connecting Young Adults to their Futures” (OSOW) program.