Early this morning, the senior class traveled to New York City to enjoy a weekend of fun with the KPMG scholars. After checking into their hotel, the scholars put on sits and headed over to the third annual Pipeline Crisis/Winning Strategies Forum, an initiative that brings to together preeminent leaders from the legal, financial, government, academic, and human services fields to discuss solutions to the social and economic problems faced by African American men. While there, students had engaging discussions with leaders from all sectors. Not only did the seniors hear new strategies that are being employed to help their peers, they also were given the opportunity to share their experiences and provide recommendations on how to solve the problems that black male youth face.

On Saturday, the senior class met up with Institute Trustee member, Kendrick Ashton and the KPMG scholars for an afternoon in Harlem. The students visited the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, a research library that is nationally recognized for documenting the experiences of people of African descent. Schomburg staff gave the scholars a tour of the Schomburg Center as well as providing them with history of the center, and the role it plays in Harlem.

After enjoying a night in New York City, the scholars woke up on Sunday morning to go on the Cirlce Line Tour, a river cruise around lower Manhattan. On the cruise, the scholars saw the Statue of Liberty, the Financial District Governor’s Island, Ellis Island, and United Nations.

Later that night, the scholars said their farewells to the KPMG scholars and returned home to Washington to share their experiences with the junior class.