T4B’s vision is, “Together for Brothers (T4B) envisions health and health equity for boys and young men of color (BYMOC) as well as their families and communities.” T4B’s mission is “Together for Brothers, led by community & love, partners across NM with boys & young men of color (BYMOC) & allies to build power, demand justice & create change.”
T4B was co-founded by boys and young men of color (BYMOC) and adult allies in the community in 2015 with circles starting in August 2015. Seasonal “cohorts” of BYMOC were started in January 2016 and T4B has hosted seven years and twenty-one seasonal cohorts of Winter (January-April), Summer (May-August) and Fall (September-December) including pivoting to school and community based cohorts in fall 2018 and project based cohorts in summer 2019. In 2017-2018 T4B launched New Mexico’s first youth-led health impact assessment (HIA) to connect transportation and health equity for BYMOC identifying social determinants of access to education, employment and recreation as well as promoting healthy habits including exercise, healthy & local food, and mental health. Five years of transit equity and mobility sovereignty organizing have led to Albuquerque being the largest city in the country with free public transit. Also, in 2020 T4B began the process of preparing to launch a food business and social enterprise connected to our cooking & food business project, as well as decolonizing diet and food justice, that includes a baking co-op for BYMOC to prepare, sell and distribute empanada kits. And finally starting in 2019 with biking and park activation T4B has been committed to outdoor access and equity for BYMOC and other most impacted communities.
