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Join North Metro’s One Hundred Black Men

Published

7 years ago

December 21, 2017

umeektv

The members of the 100 Black Men of North Metro, Inc. are committed to motivating and stimulating youth to strive for intellectual excellence and economic responsibility as self-sufficient contributors to society.
As a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization, we require the support of businesses, foundations and other organizations who share similar goals of helping youth and the community at large. We serve a diverse group of young men ranging from honor students to “at-risk” students.
Our signature program is titled the “Men of Tomorrow” which supports our vision of mentoring 11 to 18 year old African American males. We sincerely believe in “What They See is What They Will Be”, a mantra that is repeated throughout the 100 Black Men chapters across America. The North Metro Chapter is especially proud of the high school graduation rate of 100% and a college entrance rate of 98% with the remaining 2% entering military service or enrolling in a technical/trade program. Our members are dedicated professional men who donate their time, talent, and energy to improving the lives of the mentees enrolled in the MOT program.
Everyone deserves a chance at success. As a sponsor of this event, your contribution will help enable our programs to expand, continue to benefit the community and above all give a deserving student a chance to succeed.
We are excited about the possibility of your partnership with the North Metro Chapter of The 100 Black Men of America. On behalf of the approximately 200 youth that we support on an annual basis and the North Metro Chapter, we would like to thank you for your consideration. For more information about North Metro Chapter’s goals or the New Year’s Eve Mentee Benefit Gala, please contact Keith Dennis the 2017 Gala Committee Chairman at 678-571-7581 or Harold Edouard the 2017 Gala Co-Chairman at 404-754-9511.
Thank you for your continued support.

New Year’s Eve Mentee Benefit Gala Chairman
678-571-7581 | [email protected] | use our contact form

New Year’s Eve Mentee Benefit Gala Chairman
404-754-9511 | [email protected] | use our contact form

We Speak Comedy

Caitlin Cook’s Musical Bathroom Odyssey Hits the UK

Published

4 days ago

May 9, 2025

Joni Jones

What do cowboy dicks, milk pistols, and public toilet walls have in common? They all find a strange kind of poetry in The Writing on the Stall, the wildly inventive musical comedy from US performer Caitlin Cook, landing in the UK this summer. After sold-out runs Off-Broadway, at Edinburgh Fringe, and in London, the New York Times Critic’s Pick returns for a short UK tour—playing Brighton’s Komedia (31 May & 1 June) and Soho Theatre, London (4–7 June).

Set entirely in a public bathroom, The Writing on the Stall is anything but private. In this whip-smart and wickedly funny one-woman musical, Cook dives into the scrawled messages and mysterious wisdom etched on cubicle walls and turns them into something bold, bizarre, and unexpectedly moving. The songs are catchy, the jokes are razor-sharp, and the show isn’t afraid to get its hands dirty—literally.

Armed with a guitar and a knack for digging gold out of the obscene, Cook crafts a genre-defying hour that’s part stand-up, part cabaret, and all catharsis. This is confessional comedy with clever hooks, pitch-perfect melodies, and enough surprises to keep your eyebrows permanently raised. Expect satire, sincerity, and some surreal props—rumour has it a pair of slingshotted knickers makes a cameo.

Caitlin Cook isn’t your average musical comic. She’s Oxford-educated, New York-hardened, and streaming in the tens of millions. She’s also collaborated with some of comedy’s finest, directed offbeat hits, and performs as one-half of the musical duo 2/3rds of a Threesome. With this new UK run, she’s not just touring a show—she’s building a movement that blurs the lines between comedy, theatre, and performance art.

If you missed her during her Edinburgh frenzy, this is your chance to catch the musical everyone’s been whispering about in pub toilets and shouting about in five-star reviews. You might come for the laughs, but you’ll stay for the songs that (fair warning) may live rent-free in your head for months.