“Success to me personally is improving my quality of living for me and my family – doing the best that I can to support my family and friends, financially, socially and emotionally,” says the executive director of both the Be Positive Campaign and One More Educated Black Man Summit.
Scott s programs offer workshops and seminars intended to raise participant s self-confidence and place them on the path to find their purpose. “I want them to [know] they can broaden their horizons and do better in life and influence the people around them. I can tell them that I used to be just like you; take my advice, trust me and you won t have to go through the same struggles that I went through,” he says.
“I used to be a follower,” divulges the former model. “My little brother was a heavy drinker and was told by the doctor that his kidney disease could ve killed him if he [had not sought] treatment when he did. He couldn t walk. I said, Let me change the course where I can impact people on a positive level. African American men are not all drug dealers and alcohol drinkers.”
It wasn t until Scott performed a Google search using his name that he learned that he was making an impact. “I learned that Source magazine had written an article on me six months prior to my search. At that time, I was writing my own press releases and filling out grant applications myself,” he shares. “I interviewed prisoners with Bloomberg News. Schools started calling me and asking me to speak. Rev. Al Sharpton requested me at National Action Network in Harlem. I knew then I was on the right track.”
