 Our Mission
It is the mission of M.E.N.S. Wear, Inc. to provide a continuum of life skills, economic and entrepreneurship assistance to men and male youth in the greater metropolitan Atlanta area with barriers to accessing resources in order to enhance their economic condition and that of their community.
About MWI
M.E.N.S. Wear, Inc. (Making Employment the Next Step) is a 501©3 tax-exempt organization that assist with self-enrichment and vocational coaching. M.E.N.S. Wear, Inc. offers a 10-week Life Skill & Employment Readiness curriculum and Professional Wardrobe Services to eligible* clients.
MWI is the 2006 recipient of the Fulton County Human Services contract for curriculum training at an Emergency and Transitional facility in Atlanta, GA. MWI is known for its efforts in serving dozens of individuals, many with barriers, to becoming reconnected with mainstream society and productive individuals within the community. Click here to review MWI’s Fact Sheet.
Our Objectives
• To provide advocacy to ensure that supportive services and resources are available to meet the social, economic, emotional and educational needs for men and male youth.
• To serve as a bridge to alleviate unprofessional appearances for individuals enrolled with a job placement agency and are actively seeking employment.
• To encourage collaborations with other organizations and businesses to address critical needs within the communities as it relates to servicing men.
• Assist with recreating a positive image for males.
Our Vision
The vision of M.E.N.S. Wear, Inc. is to become a world-renowned new “dress for success” initiative designed exclusively for men and male youth. |
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Incorporating the development of positive personal image, style, and education, M.E.N.S. Wear, Inc. will impact males and will produce men that will be:
- Confident
- Positive role models, husbands, and fathers
- Pioneers in building strong families and communities
- Major contributors to the U.S. economy through small business development
- Promote Individuality
As a result of the initiatives, M.E.N.S. Wear, Inc. will make available to males a new perspective about personal appearance, career development, entrepreneurship, health, and economic development through social change.
Our Research
There are limited services provided to the male population for interview clothing...most male customers feel that they are limited in resources to assist them in returning to work and/or retaining employment.”
~K. Raines, Unit Supervisor, Georgia Department of Labor
“These (M.E.N.S. Wear, Inc.) services would help applicants make a better first impression.”
~J. Hightower, Georgia Fatherhood Program
“There has been a lack of support for men in this area, and this is an excellent idea for men and to build on their self-esteem.”
~J. Hayward, Turning Point Enterprises
“Organizations can prepare men with an understanding on how to sell their skill verbally and provide them with marketing tools but feeling positive about one’s appearance is a direct result of what we see in the mirror. A great measure of our confidence comes from what we think and what others see and clothes in our society make us or deny us opportunities. Bottom line…self-esteem comes not from just what we know but how we look.”
~A. Scoggins, WorkNet Services, The Atlanta Union Mission
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An Emerging Catastrophe
By Bob Herbert
The New York Times
July 2004
…This is a tragic situation for the men and their families and a serious problem for society at large. Such a huge all-but-permanently-unemployed population is an obstacle to efforts to achieve full employment and its accompanying benefits. These men are not contributing to tax revenues and they are consuming pubic and social services. And some, inevitably, are engaged in criminal and other anti-social behaviors.
Figuring out ways to get this population gainfully employed would turn a net societal deficit into a real benefit…it’s just wrong to allow so many American to remain in a state of social and economic degradation without attempting to alter the conditions responsible for their suffering…
Plight Deepens for Black Men, Studies Warn
By Eric Eckholm
The New York Times
March 2006
…Especially in the country’s inner cities, the studies show, finishing high school is the exception, legal work is scarcer than ever and prison is almost routine, with incarceration rates climbing…even as urban crime rates have declined.
Although the problems afflicting black men have been known for decades, the new data paint a more extensive and sobering picture of the challenges they face….In a society where higher education is vital to economic success…programs to help more men enter and succeed in college may hold promise…“We spent $50 billion in efforts that produced the turnaround for poor women, we are not even beginning to think about the men’s problem on similar orders of magnitude…”
Contact Us
M.E.N.S. Wear, Inc.
P.O. Box 310446
Atlanta, GA 31131-0446
Phone: 404.660.4707
Fax: 678.840.5070
E-mail: info@menswearinc.org
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Wednesday, Jul 23, 2008 
