Who Are the Men of Color Who Rescue?
The MOCWR Male Coalition is a collaboration of over 100 professional and community-based organizations working together to empower men and male youth. We support fathers, teens, and adult men through programs grounded in our Values for Life model — promoting healing, self-worth, and community connection. Male Coalition Members staff attempt to help clients deal with daily challenges that they must face—for example, job readiness, sexual responsibility, substance abuse, parenting, adult authority, family maintenance. In addition to individual meetings with clients, there is a
weekly group session for teenage boys & girls.
Male Coalition staff collaborates with approx. 70 African American male
and female human service workers from agencies across Allegheny County, Pennsylvania’s Washington County, and Ohio’s Mahoning County. They meet once a month to share information train, discuss common concerns, provide Racial Equity Training mentoring with mutual support.
Male Coalition mentors working with local youth in Pittsburgh.
Male Coalition members meet monthly for networking, support, training, and collaboration.
Our Services & Programs
Interpersonal Skills Counseling
Training for empathy,
self-regulation, and emotional expression.
Youth Mentorship
Weekly groups and life-skills training for teens referred by youth agencies.
Fatherhood & Family Support
Strengthening father-child bonds and supporting single mothers.
Monthly Male Coalition Meetings
Over 70 African American professionals collaborating, sharing, and training.
Community Advocacy & Racial Equity Training
Events and workshops designed to address root causes of violence and family breakdown.
Developed by Dr. Jerome Taylor, the “Values for Life” model includes seven principles that guide all our work — helping men and boys become self-aware, empowered, and community-minded.
Love & Respect
Interpersonal Skills
Learning Orientation
Self-Confidence
Self-Persistence
Self-Esteem
Self-Reliance
The STAND Approach by the Male Coalition
The MOCWR Male Coalition goal is to mentor, train, and assist boys and men become all they can be as fathers, as mates, as productive and contributing citizens locally and globally. We plan to accomplish this goal by promoting the seven Values for Life Competencies: Love and Respect, Interpersonal Skills, Learning Orientation, Self Esteem, Self Confidence, Self Reliance, Self Persistence. The seven competencies will be promoted through STAND: Serving, Training, Advocating, Networking, and Developing. To the extent that we are successful in helping boys and men STAND as fathers, mates, and citizens we anticipate that we will promote economic sufficiency, enhance family integrity, promote the quality of communal life, and reduce the incidence of community violence child abuse and neglect.
Hearing from our youth at the Men of Color Who Rescue event in May provided feedback, guidance and perspective to our Male Coalition approach.
Reaching all communities is essential for a healthy community!
Our Core: Values for Life
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Chairman Mr. Daved Richardson
CO-Hatch Bldg.
2681 Sydney Street
Pgh. PA 15203
(412) 509-6574