The 110 Institute: Mark Your Calendar

Join 110 young men being raised in single-parent homes, at the National Civil Rights Museum, on Saturday, June 16th from 8:00am to 3:00pm...

Mark you calendars, and have your young sons begin to prepare their 100-word Essay, entitled "Why It's Time for Me to Step Up, and Become the Man of the House" ...

50 successful male Mentors spend Father's Day Weekend, teaching and learning from 110 boys who are being raised by single-Moms. The experience includes a guided tour of the National Civil Rights Museum, with a special emphasis on the Birmingham Children's Crusade. In addition, the boys receive Literacy instruction, a college-level 2-hour class, complimentary breakfast, lunch and snacks, as well as 2012 tee shirts, and awards.

It's the Fourth Annual "Man of the House" Mentoring Event... Saturday, June 16, 2012, at the National Civil Rights Museum - Memphis. For additional information, Email: anthony.nichelson@cumulus.com

Great music, local relevance, News Updates, sports, weather and Tony's "in-your-face" journalism from his Public Affairs shows...

Since 2009, Soul Classics 103.5 and the Memphis Radio Group have joined the 110 Institute, and a host of local sponsors to provide a unique, day-long mentoring initiative for 110 boys being raised by single Moms.

Participants receive hands-on skills to better help around the house, an orientation to “Proverbs” and the teachings of Confucius, along with a special guided tour of the National Civil Rights Museum, highlighting the Birmingham Children's Crusade (the first time teenagers were brought into the Civil Rights Movement as strategic participants).

Selection for the 110 young men for the Third Annual "Man of the House" Mentoring Event will start on May 14, 2011, 10:00am, at the beautiful Oak Court Mall.

Participants must write a 100-word essay, describing why they believe it's time for them to step up and become the "man of the house", and provide greater assistance to their single mothers.

Tony Nichelson, Public Affairs Director, the Citadel-Memphis Radio Group
anthony.nichelson@citcomm.com / (901) 336-2399.

This Event is just one part of a year-long Campaign to end Domestic Violence in Memphis and Shelby County. Drs. Todd and Ann-Marie Motley have joined the Taffi T. Crawford Domestic Violence Foundation, the Citadel-Memphis Radio Group, Oak Court Mall, and the 110 Institute, to raise awareness and host events that strengthen victims and survivors. The "Taffi 2-K HealthWalk" takes place on the second Saturday of every month at the beautiful, safe Oak Court Mall, from 10:00am until noon.

Supporters, advocates, victims and survivors are invited to Oak Court Mall for the HealthWalk, educational literature, fellowship, and to create a new “sisterhood of survivors”. This third monthly gathering is part of a year-long public education and advocacy Campaign - the MIADA Initiative - designed by The 110 Institute, a Memphis-based consulting firm specializing in public education and assistance to single Mothers.

Participants are asked to bring donations of personal hygiene items, cleaning supplies, and other gifts to strengthen the YWCA Abused Women’s Shelter. All proceeds, donations, and in-kind support will directly benefit local shelters in Shelby County, and the 2011 MIADA Public Education Campaign. This initiative will raise awareness of the signs and consequences associated with Domestic Violence, and also targets chronic abusers. May 14, 2011 at 10:00am ... at the beautiful Oak Court Mall

A Unique Public-Private Collaboration:
Men Against Domestic Abuse (MADA)

A Community-Collaborative for The YWCA Abused Women Program & Emergency Shelters

Prepared by:
The 110 Institute – Memphis


Public Awareness Campaign

The 110 Institute is committed to the prevention of Domestic Abuse, and to educating the public, especially urban boys, about the issue of domestic violence in the homes of single Mothers and women throughout the metropolitan area. Tony Nichelson serves as the Public Affairs Director for the Citadel-Memphis Radio Group, and is a frequent Editorial writer for the Tri-State Defender newspaper. These roles provide extraordinary access to a wide listening audience and readership. There can be only one message… END DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND ABUSE TOWARD WOMEN, NOW!


Domestic Violence Training and Orientation for Boys

The issue of Domestic Violence is taboo in almost every segment of our society and culture, yet it touches so many lives every day. Young boys see their mothers, aunts and sisters violated by abusive men, and are often unable to help the women they love fight-off these brutes. The long-term impact on these boys is significant however, and the retaliatory feelings they have can carry-on for decades. The result is often a repeated cycle of violence in their own adulthoods, or a serious hatred for any man who looks like their mother's tormentor. The boys are angry with their mothers for allowing this creep to stay in the home, and they're angry with the men for being so outrageous. The boys are angry with themselves for not being able to do more, and they're angry with society for allowing such behaviors to go on, seemingly unchecked.


Advocacy for Stronger Orders of Protection

The 110 Institute.com recently launched a full-scale domestic violence prevention Campaign for 2010. The core of the initiative is to support the work of the YWCA Abused Women's program and Emergency Shelter, and the work of the Exchange Club, along with other Domestic Violence prevention efforts. The 2010 Campaign will train young boys to protect the women and girls around them, and will advocate for legislation that puts teeth into Protective Orders filed against violent men. We recommend that all women master basic self-defense, and that we establish "distress signals" for women who literally can't get away from their abuser for even five-minutes. We must break the cycle of urban boys seeing abuse and violence early in their lives, and then turning out to be abusers themselves, due largely to unresolved anger toward their mothers and the abusive men they're involved with.


Community Support for Battered Women’s Shelters

This support Agreement targets community resources, individuals and agencies for in-kind contributions, volunteer support, and financial grants that assist in the development of Abused Women's Shelters operated by the YWCA. In addition, The 110 Institute seeks the assistance of professional carpenters, plumbers, technicians and others to help maintain Abused Women's Shelters throughout the metro area.

The "Man of the House" Mentoring Event is the answer to every Single-Mom's prayer, to have her young son grow into Manhood...

A leadership presentation to students, parents, and community organizers, hosted at Covington High School.

Event organizer, Mike Smith, is a long-time educator and former high school principal. As a lifelong resident of Desoto County, Mike Smith is on the cutting edge of cultural and neighborhood development. Tony Nichelson of the 110 Institute is a panelist, and will share historical information with participants from Memphis and northern Mississippi.