It takes a village to help raise healthy, emotionally aware, confident young men.
Join us on Sunday, June 7 for another UNC Mentorship Program focused on cleanliness, hygiene, responsibility, emotional intelligence, and practical life skills in a safe and supportive environment for our youth.
This is more than a program.
It is intentional mentorship, guidance, community care, and positive connection.
Parents, mothers, fathers, grandparents, caregivers, aunties, uncles, mentors, and community members are all welcome. We also want this to be a space where parents and caregivers feel supported, encouraged, and connected with others raising young men through today’s challenges.
Young men will participate in:
• Mentorship and emotional intelligence activities
• Community garden experiences
• Hygiene and cleanliness conversations
• Team-building and practical life skills
• Positive community connection and support
Food will be provided.
If you have been saying our communities need more guidance, more village, more mentorship, and more safe spaces for our youth, this is an opportunity to be part of the change you want to see.
We are also looking for positive volunteers, mentors, caregivers, and community supporters who want to help make an impact locally. Whether you have experience mentoring youth, helping organize community events, teaching life skills, supporting parents, or simply showing up consistently with care and leadership, your presence matters.
Reach out directly if you are interested in volunteering or partnering with future mentorship events.
Sunday, June 7 | 2 PM – 5 PM
Tony Hillian East Spencer Community Garden
920 Cedar St, Salisbury, NC
All young men are welcome.
Join us for a political education on Down Home North Carolinas Win by 2030 plan. Learn how this strategy will translate for us on a local level, how to get involved, what the potential impact we can have if we win or lose, and last but not least what can the community gain from being involved! Link Below
https://www.mobilize.us/downhomenc/event/947526/
Been on some really bool shit lately!! Looking over this past month!! Lifes been fulfilling!!
1st picture is the Unc Mentor Group in the ESP community Garden
2nd picture is the May 1st rally on Raleigh
3rd picture CAP and DownHome Hike and Jam At Chuck and Bonnies Ranch
4th is the Sweat Lodge on My Teachers Land
5th is Earth day Jam
Yesterday was a MAJOR Succes‼️ Shoutouts to the community and comrades for coming thru and showing love‼️ This nourish my soul #CantStopWontStop💯 #JustTheBeginning
SPECIAL SHOUTSOUT TO Down Home North Carolina for giving me a platform to speak at this memorial spot in black history ON black history month!! It was a real honor to be able to pour libations and speak for our pass freedom fighters in front of the Greenboro civil rights museum yesterday. Reality always provides space and a way to dissolve the illusion!!!
Took a screened-in gazebo and upfit it into a true Florida room—without killing the open feel.
We framed it out to properly support exterior sheathing and started with a plan for four medium windows. Mid-build, the homeowner found a Facebook market place deal on some seriously big windows. That changed the game. We backed up, reworked the framing, and made it happen.
Totally worth it.
Night and day difference.
This isn’t a gazebo turned into a closet. The space is still wide open—just closed in where it counts. Big sight lines. Natural light. Still feels like the outdoors, just smarter; wait did we just invent the smart-gazebo?
Next step: adding a mini-split. Once that’s in, these allergy sufferers can enjoy the space even when pollen is out here acting reckless.
So let me ask you—
Got a space that needs a facelift? Basement. Garage. Shed. She-shed. Man cave.
Hit the DMs.
We’ll talk through your vision and build it the right way.
Today’s project: milling lumber for a new chicken tractor. No store-bought plans here—just using what’s already on the land. This one will be about 12x10, 5 feet tall, with a special foot and a rear lift-kit wheel to solve the weight issue. Milling everything down to 2x3s and hoping this warm weather lets us start assembly today. Farm builds in motion. #poultryfarming #farmbuilder
Do you r member the farrowing strips you milled at the shop for E's Land? @unityftp@mccrae3450