What is CMOCC?Mission: CMOCC aims to foster a supportive community for men of color by providing opportunities to connect while promoting mental health and wellness and offering educator professional learning to cultivate a sense of belonging.
Vision: Our vision is to strategically support the development of men by increasing social mobility, emotional well-being, and educator career advancement. |
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CMOCC Is Real Change
Our three focus areas allow us to reach into our community and offer resources, mentorship, male educator development and safe spaces for conversations and growth. These critical containers promote positive community change through strategic collaboration with organizations that understand the challenges that men of color face in society.
Mental Health and Wellness -
Cultivate a community of young men and adults who engage in their own social and emotional learning, collaborate on strategies for promoting SEL, and model SEL in their community and throughout their lives. CMOCC believes in building the next generation of men that are aware and are fully in control of their mental and physical health. We offer workshops in partnership with health provides to have a direct impact on men's health. |
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CMOCC promote social mobility by creating pathways for economic advancement, leadership development, and representation in education. Social mobility is linked to equality of opportunity: the extent to which men have the same chances to do well in life regardless of the socio-economic background of their parents, their gender, age, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, birthplace, or other circumstances beyond their control. |
Male Educator Development -
The CMOCC Educator Excellence Institute (EEI) is a culturally grounded, research-based educator development pipeline created to recruit, prepare, support, and advance men of color within Colorado’s education ecosystem. Modeled after the mission-driven approach of the Center for Black Educator Development, the EEI focuses on creating intentional pathways that elevate the presence, influence, and impact of Black, Latino, Indigenous, and Asian male educators—from early interest to career advancement. |
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Our Core Values
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Mission: CMOCC aims to foster a supportive community for men of color by providing opportunities to educate & connect while promoting mental health, wellness, and offering focused male educator professional learning to cultivate a sense of belonging.
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Executive SummaryThe Colorado Men of Color Collaborative (CMOCC) is a nonprofit 501c3 public charity that works for the unity of community by bringing awareness to the challenges and structures that impact minority men disproportionately. The organization seeks to promote brotherhood through community building, corporate partnerships, networking, mentoring and service learning projects. Our goal is to strategically support the development of men by increasing social mobility, social-emotional well-being, and educator career advancement. CMOCC also aims to increase quality access to mental health support, career exploration, and professional learning to enhance their quality of life.
Our three focus areas allow us to reach into our community and offer resources, mentorship, and safe spaces for conversations and growth. These critical containers promote positive community change through strategic collaboration with organizations that understand the challenges that men of color face in society, particularly in underserved areas. CMOCC’s mission seeks to promote unity through brotherhood by community building through corporate partnerships, networking, partnering with schools & universities, and services. Our goal is to strategically support the development of men by increasing social mobility, social-emotional well-being, and career advancement across all fields. CMOCC’s vision seeks to illuminate barriers by providing resources to increase success and achievement for men and young adults. |
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To achieve its vision and fulfill its mission, CMOCC has set the following goals and objectives for the next year:
Goal 1: Develop and implement professional educational programs that promote sustainable social mobility for men. This will involve creating engaging, interactive professional development opportunities for the community and members. Goal 2: Expand the CMOCC professional learning series to produce a greater community reach with a focus on men, however, inclusive to all. Goal 3: Build out program focus areas that support corporate community collaboration. Focus on sustainable and revenue-generating opportunities that support organizational scalability and growth. Goal 4: Develop the Educator Excellence Institute (EEI) focuses on creating intentional pathways that elevate the presence, influence, and impact of Black, Latino, Indigenous, and Asian male educators—from early interest to career advancement. |
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Goal 5: Build relationships and partnerships with corporations, community organizations, and other stakeholders to further the mission of CMOCC. This will involve regular communication and outreach, participating in community events and initiatives, and seeking out new opportunities for collaboration and partnerships.
Goal 6: Secure financial stability for CMOCC through fundraising, grant writing, and diversified revenue streams. This will involve identifying and pursuing opportunities, developing new products or service, and exploring new sources of revenue. |
To achieve these goals, CMOCC will implement a number of strategies, including increasing targeted professional learning opportunities, providing mental health support to men, expanding networking opportunities with corporate partners, fostering relationships with other nonprofits and stakeholders, and diversifying revenue streams. CMOCC will track progress towards its goals by using metrics such as feedback forms, participant surveys, program evaluations, program participation, and financial performance to inform ongoing improvement and course correction as needed.
