Planting Seeds of Hope: How The Detroit Boys Mentoring Club is Shaping Future Leaders Through Leadership and Healing

(L) Keith Butler, Founder of Detroit Boys Mentoring Club and mentees (Image Courtesy of The Detroit Boys Mentoring Club) With a wait list of approximately 100 young boys, a bustling room filled with over 20 enthusiastic young boys, from energetic toddlers to spirited teenagers, eagerly congregates on Saturday mornings, brimming with anticipation for the day’s activities intentionally planned by the Detroit Boys Mentoring Club. In 2013, Keith Butler, driven by a personal commitment to his community, established the Detroit Boys Mentoring Club. This transformative initiative is dedicated to mentoring and guiding young boys in the Detroit community. The primary objective of this program is to foster positive leadership qualities and impart essential skills, contributing to the revitalization and unity of the community. “The seeds I planted back then have grown into the Detroit Boys. The things that we were doing back then, when I had just two kids showing up, I kept at it because I could see a room full of young black boys in my mind even when I didn’t have a room full of young black boys sitting in front of me, and this is a testament to that,” Butler said. No Saturday is the same; the...