WHO WE ARE

The Pipeline Crisis initiative is a collaborative of private sector participants, working in partnership with non-profit and social service professionals, academicians, philanthropic organizations and government to improve opportunities for young Black men by addressing the social and economic obstacles to their success.

Our Approach To These Problems Is Three-Fold

• Program Development And Support
• Advocacy
• Research & Identification Of Winning Strategies

GUIDING PRINCIPLES

First, we think “winning strategies” are proven strategies, so our policy and program initiatives must be grounded in evidence.

Second, we are not social scientists, and we will not seek to displace or duplicate work already done by experts and professionals in these fields, many of whom have joined us in our efforts.

Third, we have resisted the call to narrow our focus and search for the “silver bullet”. The problems confronting young Black men are too complex to succumb to a single solution.

Fourth, we have not chosen between a local or national focus. Our natural center of gravity is New York, and there are serious challenges here. Local solutions, however, can be applied to national problems, and national problems are often played out on the local level.