The Institute's primary goal is to inspire and equip the nation's best and brightest African American men to use their extraordinary talents to serve others.
From hundreds of applications, the Institute selects some of the nation’s best and brightest African American male college students to participate in its Washington Program. It includes:
Guilford College
Colin Ganges attends Guilford College in Greensboro, North Carolina. He is a philosophy major who hopes to have a career in politics. He participates in the honors program at Guilford and also participates in the Institute’s Greensboro program, the Greensboro Collegiate Institute. Colin’s hometown is Princeton, New Jersey.
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Frank Godfrey attends the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is a business major and was recently admitted to the Kenan-Flagler Business School. He hopes to become chief executive officer of a Fortune 500 company. Last summer, he participated in programs sponsored by Bank of America Merrill Lynch and JP Morgan Chase in New York. His hometown is Laurel, Maryland.
Sewanee: The University of the South
Miles Martin attends Sewanee: the University of the South. He is a political science major and hopes for a career in law. He is a Bonner Scholar, signifying that he devotes a considerable portion of his time to volunteer efforts, and a member of the university’s track and field team. An entrepreneur, he founded a consulting business to advise student athletes on matters involving lifestyle and financial management. His hometown is Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Johnson and Wales University
Jamie Lykes II attends Johnson and Wales University in Charlotte, North Carolina, where he is a fashion merchandising major. He makes custom clothing and is a fashion consultant. He has volunteered at Charlotte Fashion Week and New York Fashion Week. His goal is to become a fashion designer and own a global apparel business. He is a member of the inaugural class of the Charlotte Collegiate Institute, remaining engaged through his freshman and sophomore years at JWU. His hometown is Statesville, North Carolina.
The University of Massachusetts at Amherst
Landon Veney is a pre-med biology major and the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Having a passion for service, Landon enlisted in the Army National Guard at the age of 17 and also volunteers as a Firefighter-Emergency Medical Technician. Hey somehow found time to work as an orientation leader at UMass last summer, helping the University welcome more than 1000 first year and transfer students to campus each week. He is the younger brother of Institute alumni‘s Colin Veney and his hometown is North Syracuse, New York.
University of South Carolina Upstate
Henry Jones is a student at the University of South Carolina Upstate. A Renaissance man, he was captain of his high school football and basketball teams and also was an accomplished singer. He has continued singing as a member of his college’s gospel choir. His major is exercise science, which will prepare him for a career as a physical therapist, and is a member of Gamma Beta Phi honor society. His hometown is St. Helena Island, South Carolina.
The Institute selects scholars from all over the United States. They have a wide variety of interests and represent small liberal arts colleges, large universities, Ivy League institutions, and historically Black colleges and universities. Our alumni have been accepted to all of the nation’s top law schools and many of the nation’s leading graduate programs. Today, they are teachers, ordained ministers, accountants, entrepreneurs, and rising stars at Fortune 500 companies. All of them are engaged in public and community service.
Bill Keyes is founder and President of the Institute for Responsible Citizenship. Bill Keyes hitchhiked from North Carolina to Washington, DC to pursue a dream of working in public policy. He realized that dream by working in a staff position at the Joint Economic Committee of the United States Congress and as a White House Senior Policy Advisor.
Colin Ganges is the Alumni Fellow at the Institute for Responsible Citizenship. Colin Ganges is a New Jersey native and graduate of Guilford College (’19) where he majored in Philosophy. During his junior year, he studied at the University of Oxford and St. Clare’s in Oxford, England. As a member of the Honors Program, he wrote a senior thesis entitled “Justifying Egalitarian Redistribution within Nozick’s Minimal State”.
