About BMDS:  The Black Male Development Symposium (BMDS) was established as a forum that promotes action-oriented community discussions on the plight of African American Males. BMDS provides an opportunity to engage youth, adults, educational institutions, community organizations and individuals to participate in a one-day symposium designed to address the life-threatening issues facing Black men and boys.  The Symposium offers a safe “inter-generational space” for AAM of all ages to do as encouraged by the symposium’s early creators...to think and re-evaluate where they are as men, co-workers, lovers, husbands, fathers and brothers in a healthy and developmental manner.  BMDS will hold its 7th Annual Symposium on Saturday, May 12, 2012 at Arcadia University.  Visit our website at blackmaledevelopment.com, Friend us on Facebook or call/email 215-572-4087, bmds.symposium@gmail.com.  "BMDS: More than a Symposium; but a Movement of Commitment, Change and Clarity." (blackmaledevelopment.com)

About Arcadia University:  Arcadia University is a top-ranked private university in metropolitan Philadelphia and a national leader in study abroad and international education. The 2012 Open Doors report names Arcadia University #1 in the nation in undergraduate students studying abroad. U.S. News & World Report ranks Arcadia University among the top regional universities in the North and as one of the top study abroad programs. U.S. News also ranks Arcadia’s Physical Therapy program fourteenth in the nation. Arcadia University promises a distinctively global, integrative and personal learning experience that prepares students to contribute and lead in a diverse and dynamic world. (www.arcadia.edu)