By Boyce Watkins, PhD on Mar 13th 2011 8:28AM
There are few jobs more important than mentoring and guiding young black boys. Over the last 30 years, we've witnessed an amazing slide in the outcomes of young men, as many of them have fallen victim to guns, drugs, mass incarceration, unemployment and a failed educational system. No matter who is responsible for the creation of this mess, it is going to take courage and commitment to cleaning it up. Men like Antoine McNutt have made it his career and life's mission to helping young males between the critical ages of 16 and 21, teaching them the value of being educated, remaining focused and making good decisions. It is due to his diligence in saving our endangered sons and brothers that Antoine McNutt is today's
Dr. Boyce Watkins Spotlight on AOL Black Voices:
What is your name, and what do you do?
My name is Antoine McNutt, and I am a person who is very passionate about seeing people be made whole in the broken areas of their lives. By profession I am a Life Coach, Motivational Speaker, and am the assistant director of a program that provides social emotional support and life skill guidance to 16-21 year old wards of the state who have been or are currently involved in the criminal justice system.
What is your educational and professional background?
I attended the University of Illinois at Champaign- Urbana with a major in speech communications and completed my education at Tennessee State University in Nashville with a major in social science. After graduation, I played in the NFL & NFLE. Since then I have founded Antoine L. McNutt Consulting which provides life coaching services to professional and collegiate athletes and provides motivational speaking in the areas of youth/children, sports/athletics, relationships, image/self esteem, and vision/purpose. I have also, since my departure from the NFL/E, dedicated a significant portion of my time in various capacities in the field of social service tending to and tackling the issues of troubled youth/young adults and their families.