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 2016 pageant program set for October 27-29 in Prairie View and Houston, Texas.
Mr. Collegiate was created in 1990 and the first pageant of its kind for college men in the world. The pageant was first staged in April 1992 at Prairie View A&M University. 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. This year's theme is "Be Ye Transformed: Our Heritage, Our Legacy.”
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 October 28-29, 2016. The summit will focus on helping to create the next generation of leaders in the likes of President Barak Obama, Dr. Cornell West, Mark Morial, the Honorable Louis Farrakhan, Benjamin Chavis, Marcus Garvey, Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X and Colin Powell, etc.
"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 community."
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 October 28-29, 2016. The summit will focus on helping to create the next generation of leaders in the likes of President Barak Obama, Dr. Cornell West, Mark Morial, the Honorable Louis Farrakhan, Benjamin Chavis, Marcus Garvey, Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X and Colin Powell, etc.
"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 community."
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 of professionals from the entertainment, academic and business community. Past judges have included mayors, council members, and executive producers of America
The program winners will receive more than $5,000 in scholarships and prizes 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.)
Application deadline is September 30, 2016. The final competition will be held on the campus of Prairie View A&M University at on October 29, 2016. 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.
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