Young Minds Excelling (Y-ME) is designed to assist young males with preparing for the responsibilities and privileges of manhood by teaching fundamentals that prepare their young minds today for tomorrow’s endeavors. The topics enrich participants’ basic understanding of self, manhood, history and community. These topics contribute to building character, self-awareness, self-consciousness and self-discipline, and improve communication and social skills. This program will prepare sons, grandsons, nephews, cousins, brothers and young men for a successful transition to manhood.