<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6213507220459992531</id><updated>2012-01-02T20:01:15.746-06:00</updated><category term='Obama'/><category term='Black Men'/><category term='concerns'/><category term='issues'/><title type='text'>MR. COLLEGIATE AFRICAN AMERICAN SCHOLARSHIP PAGEANT™</title><subtitle type='html'>The Mr. Collegiate African American™ Scholarship Pageant, the first of its kind in the world, has provided positive imagery and scholarships for Black college men since 1991. The pageant empowers the men and counteracts the negative imagery as perpetuated in the society.

"We believe that more Black men are succeeding than what we hear and to focus on them is better for our community," said Frederick V. Roberts, pageant founder and president.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mrcollegiatepageant.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6213507220459992531/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mrcollegiatepageant.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>MRCOLLEGIATEBLACKAMERICA™</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15067772303239370270</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_akx0WAEjIAg/SUhLA0TYThI/AAAAAAAAAAo/3cwzqnzvpEU/S220/Symbol+and+Book.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>3</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6213507220459992531.post-8778429327472159308</id><published>2011-11-16T02:04:00.002-06:00</published><updated>2012-01-02T20:01:15.758-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Black Men's Pageant and Leadership  Summit Comes to Texas April 11-14, 2012</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_akx0WAEjIAg/SUhQf9Pn5qI/AAAAAAAAABE/zJpMuulxxpA/s1600-h/1997GroupPhoto.jpg" style="color: #cc0000;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280559073038165666" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_akx0WAEjIAg/SUhQf9Pn5qI/AAAAAAAAABE/zJpMuulxxpA/s320/1997GroupPhoto.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 262px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 320px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;The Mr. Collegiate African American Program (MCAAP) is back for its 20th Anniversary with a vengeance! Black men, primarily from historically black colleges and universities (HBCU’s) and other universities across the nation are invited to compete in the &lt;span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;"&gt;2012 pageant program set for &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt; April 11-14, 2012 &lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;in Prairie View and Houston,Texas.&lt;/span&gt;      &lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial;"&gt;Mr. Collegiate was created in 1990 and the first pageant was held in April 1992.  According to Frederick V. Roberts, a spokesperson for the pageant, the MCAAP's mission is to empower Black men with role modeling, character education, values clarification, and to embrace every opportunity given to him in a proper manner.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This year's theme is "Be Ye Transformed: Our Heritage, Our Legacy” is designed to invoke the spirit of the ancestors and to encourage the brothers to do well in their endeavors.  Additionally, 2012 is an election year and one to make history again with the reelection of president Barak Obama.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;The pageant, the first of its kind in the world, is being sponsored in conjunction with the National Leadership Summit on the Black Male, set for &lt;span style="color: #330099; font-weight: bold;"&gt;April 13-14, 2012,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; and hosted by the Collegiate 100 at the university.&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 100%;"&gt;The final competition will be held on the campus of&lt;b&gt; &lt;span style="color: #330099;"&gt;Prairie View A&amp;amp;M University at 7 p.m. on April 14, 2012&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;"Students should participate in the pageant because it provides them the opportunity to develop the spirit of competition," Roberts said.  "Additionally, the pageant provides programs for personal and professional development, self-esteem and confidence building, enhancement of leadership skills and developing a sense of responsibility to help the race."&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial;"&gt;&lt;p&gt;Candidates will compete in five categories: personal and private interview; platform expression; talent; evening wear; and on-stage interview question.  The young men will be judged by a panel consisting of professionals from the entertainment, academic and business community.  Past judges have included mayors, council members, and executive producers of &lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:country-region st="on"&gt;America&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;'s pageant systems, recording artists, professors and business owners.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial;"&gt;The program winners will receive more than $8,000 in scholarships and prizes (may include iPods, Blackberry and Verizon services, etc.) and the opportunity to represent the pageant throughout the year and receive media coverage (e.g. ABC, GMA, CBS, Montell, OWN TV, ET!, USA Today, The Tonight Show, CNN, MTV, BET, etc.)  &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;Application deadline is February 29, 2012.&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 100%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 100%;"&gt;For pageant and leadership summit information, contact: Mr. Collegiate African American Scholarship Pageant, P. O. Box 5433, Prairie View, Texas 77446 or mrcollegiateafricanamerican@gmail.com.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6213507220459992531-8778429327472159308?l=mrcollegiatepageant.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mrcollegiatepageant.blogspot.com/feeds/8778429327472159308/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6213507220459992531&amp;postID=8778429327472159308' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6213507220459992531/posts/default/8778429327472159308'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6213507220459992531/posts/default/8778429327472159308'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mrcollegiatepageant.blogspot.com/2011/11/black-mens-pageant-and-leadership.html' title='Black Men&apos;s Pageant and Leadership  Summit Comes to Texas April 11-14, 2012'/><author><name>MRCOLLEGIATEBLACKAMERICA™</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15067772303239370270</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_akx0WAEjIAg/SUhLA0TYThI/AAAAAAAAAAo/3cwzqnzvpEU/S220/Symbol+and+Book.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_akx0WAEjIAg/SUhQf9Pn5qI/AAAAAAAAABE/zJpMuulxxpA/s72-c/1997GroupPhoto.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6213507220459992531.post-4210156831198147060</id><published>2009-01-03T23:38:00.013-06:00</published><updated>2011-05-18T11:47:02.191-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Black Men'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Obama'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='concerns'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='issues'/><title type='text'>Black College Men Pageant Comes to Texas in 2011</title><content type='html'>&lt;a style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_akx0WAEjIAg/SUhQf9Pn5qI/AAAAAAAAABE/zJpMuulxxpA/s1600-h/1997GroupPhoto.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 262px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_akx0WAEjIAg/SUhQf9Pn5qI/AAAAAAAAABE/zJpMuulxxpA/s320/1997GroupPhoto.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280559073038165666" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;The Mr. Collegiate African American Program (MCAAP) is back! Black male college students, primarily from historically black colleges and universities (HBCU’s) and other universities across the nation are invited to compete in the &lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;2011 pageant program set for &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt; October 27-30 &lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;in Prairie View and Houston,Texas.&lt;/span&gt;      &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Mr. Collegiate was created in 1990 and the first pageant was held in April 1992.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;According to Frederick V. Roberts, a spokesperson for the pageant, the MCAAP's mission is to empower Black men with role modeling, character education, values clarification, and to embrace every opportunity given to him in a proper manner.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;This year's theme is "Be Ye Transformed: Our Heritage, Our Legacy.”&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;The pageant, the first of its kind in the world, is being sponsored in conjunction with the National Leadership Summit on the Black Male, set for &lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"&gt;October 28-29, 2011.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;"Students should participate in the pageant because it provides them the opportunity to develop the spirit of competition," Roberts said.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;"Additionally, the pageant provides programs for personal and professional development, self-esteem and confidence building, enhancement of leadership skills and developing a sense of responsibility to help the [Black] race."&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Candidates will compete in five categories: personal and private interview; platform expression; talent; evening wear; and on-stage interview question.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;The young men will be judged by a panel consisting of professionals from the entertainment, academic and business community.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Past judges have included mayors, council members, and executive producers of &lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:country-region st="on"&gt;America&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;'s pageant systems, recording artists, professors and business owners.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;The progran winners will receive more than $10,000 in scholarships and prizes ( may include iPods, Blackberry and Verizon services, etc.) and the opportunity to represent the pageant throughout the year and receive media coverage (e.g. ABC, GMA, CBS, Montell, Oprah, ET!, USA Today, MTV, BET, etc.)&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Application deadline is October 7 2011.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;The final competition will be held on the campus of &lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153); font-weight: bold;"&gt;Prairie View A&amp;M University at 7 p.m. on October 29, 2011&lt;/span&gt;.  For pageant and leadership summit information, contact: Mr. Collegiate African American Scholarship Pageant, P. O. Box 2906, Prairie View, Texas 77446 or mrcollegiateafricanamerican@gmail.com.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6213507220459992531-4210156831198147060?l=mrcollegiatepageant.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mrcollegiatepageant.blogspot.com/feeds/4210156831198147060/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6213507220459992531&amp;postID=4210156831198147060' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6213507220459992531/posts/default/4210156831198147060'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6213507220459992531/posts/default/4210156831198147060'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mrcollegiatepageant.blogspot.com/2008/07/black-college-men-pageant-comes-to.html' title='Black College Men Pageant Comes to Texas in 2011'/><author><name>MRCOLLEGIATEBLACKAMERICA™</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15067772303239370270</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_akx0WAEjIAg/SUhLA0TYThI/AAAAAAAAAAo/3cwzqnzvpEU/S220/Symbol+and+Book.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_akx0WAEjIAg/SUhQf9Pn5qI/AAAAAAAAABE/zJpMuulxxpA/s72-c/1997GroupPhoto.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6213507220459992531.post-8672139346530306366</id><published>2007-01-07T23:55:00.001-06:00</published><updated>2009-01-04T00:41:06.832-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Mr. Collegiate African American Scholarship Pageant</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_akx0WAEjIAg/RaHeIJ4CHDI/AAAAAAAAAAM/qMy_5ku3HiA/s1600-h/PastMrCollegiates.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_akx0WAEjIAg/RaHeIJ4CHDI/AAAAAAAAAAM/qMy_5ku3HiA/s320/PastMrCollegiates.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5017535691538701362" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;National Pageant for &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:place style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:placename st="on"&gt;Black&lt;/st1:placename&gt; &lt;st1:placetype st="on"&gt;College&lt;/st1:placetype&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt; Men Comes to Houston in April&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;The Mr. Collegiate African-American Pageant (MCAAP) is back! Black male college students, primarily from historically black colleges and universities (HBCU’s) and other universities across the nation are invited to compete in 2008 pageant set for the event, set for &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;April 2-5 in Houston,&lt;/span&gt; Texas.&lt;/span&gt;      &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mr. Collegiate was created in 1990 and the first pageant was held in April 1992.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;According to Frederick Roberts, a spokesperson for the pageant, the MCAAP's mission is to empower Black men with role modeling, character education, values clarification, and to embrace every opportunity given to him in a proper manner.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;This year's theme is "Be Ye Transformed: Our Heritage, Our Legacy.”&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;The pageant is being sponsored in conjunction with the National Leadership Summit on the Black Male.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;     &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;"Students should participate in the pageant because it provides them the opportunity to develop the spirit of competition," Roberts said.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;"Additionally, the pageant provides programs for personal and professional development, self-esteem and confidence building, enhancement of leadership skills and developing a sense of responsibility to help the [Black] race."&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;     &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Candidates will compete in five categories: personal and private interview; platform expression; talent; evening wear; and on-stage interview question.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;The young men will be judged by a panel consisting of professionals from the entertainment, academic and business community.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Past judges have included mayors, council members, and executive producers of &lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:country-region st="on"&gt;America&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;'s pageant systems, recording artists, professors and business owners.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;     &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;The winners of the pageant will receive more than $10,000 in scholarships and prizes (iPods, Dell laptop computer, verizon services, etc.) and the opportunity to represent the pageant throughout the year and receive media coverage (e.g. Montell, Oprah, ET!, USA Today, MTV, BET, etc.)&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Application deadline is February 29, 2008.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;The final competition will be held on the campus of Prairie View A&amp;amp;M University at 7 p.m. on April 5 For information, contact: Mr. Collegiate African American Scholarship Pageant, P. O. Box 2906, Prairie View, Texas 77446 or mrcollegiate@iwon.com.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6213507220459992531-8672139346530306366?l=mrcollegiatepageant.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mrcollegiatepageant.blogspot.com/feeds/8672139346530306366/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6213507220459992531&amp;postID=8672139346530306366' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6213507220459992531/posts/default/8672139346530306366'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6213507220459992531/posts/default/8672139346530306366'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mrcollegiatepageant.blogspot.com/2007/01/mr-collegiate-african-american.html' title='Mr. Collegiate African American Scholarship Pageant'/><author><name>MRCOLLEGIATEBLACKAMERICA™</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15067772303239370270</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_akx0WAEjIAg/SUhLA0TYThI/AAAAAAAAAAo/3cwzqnzvpEU/S220/Symbol+and+Book.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_akx0WAEjIAg/RaHeIJ4CHDI/AAAAAAAAAAM/qMy_5ku3HiA/s72-c/PastMrCollegiates.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
