Mayor Eric Adams delivers remarks at 10th annual Black Men's Brunch
NEW YORK -- Mayor Eric Adams delivered remarks in Brooklyn on Saturday at the 10th annual Black Men's Brunch.
"We just need to love each other. We just need to start loving each other. That's just the goal," Adams said.
The event at the Simpson Restaurant in Downtown Brooklyn was organized by the group 500 Men Making A Difference, who work all year to mentor young Black men.
The brunch is something Adams helped create more than a decade ago.
"It's actually a brainchild of the mayor, where he wanted to be able to patronize small businesses ... really to spur the economy in the best way possible and create bonds between men that will be lasting, where we could create impact in the community," said Cyriac StVil, coordinator and host of the brunch and vice president of 500 Men Making A Difference.
The men collaborated on everything from education to finance to mental health.
"Whatever we can do as civilians, as citizens to make New York City stronger, that's what we're looking to do," StVil said.
The mayor pledged to use his time in office to make positive changes.
"There's powers that are attached to the office that I'm going to utilize to make this a safe city, removing the inequalities that have existed for a long time and make sure that we can expand as the diversity of this, of this city," Adams said.
Black Men's Brunch says it has mentored more than 200 young men and put more than $30,000 back into the community.