Philanthropist, Humanitarian and Cardio-Spiritualist Terrance Dean is the founder/creator of Men’s Empowerment, Young Men’s Empowerment and Young Women’s Empowerment. He is also co-creator of “The Gathering of Men” with Adeyemi Bandele, the husband and spiritual partner of acclaimed teacher and best-selling author Iyanla Vanzant.

Dean’s NY based organization, Men’s Empowerment, has been in existence for over three years and has over 200 men of color from various backgrounds involved with the organization.

Men’s Empowerment is an organization that is dedicated to the transformation of men of color in their communities for their own self-empowerment. The not-for-profit organization is a hugely popular empowerment group, which allows men of color to communicate, share, and participate in an environment where brothers are allowed to “check their egos at the door” and create bonding relationships with one another. The brothers share experiences in their lives, which helps build a foundation of support for men to freely be in a room exchanging information to make powerful transformations in their lives.

The Gathering of Men is a monthly based support network in which men of color from various communities come together to redefine, reclaim, re-educate the power of each other as it relates to their communities, families, relationships, and most importantly with self. The meetings allow men to have an open dialogue about relationships, love, forgiveness, career, family, and being empowered. Dean and Bandele facilitate the monthly meetings.

Dean, a native of Detroit, is a graduate of Fisk University. His lecturing and workshop work has been featured at such noted universities like Rutgers University, Medgar Evars College, and also at The Hip Hop Hall of Fame, Edwin Gould Children’s Services, New York Citiworks and The Learning Annex.

Dean’s most recent work is his literary debut, Be Empowered…30 Days of Meditation for Men of Color.

This book assists men with daily reminders of meaningful spiritual meditations that can be practiced anywhere and at anytime. This book provides simple reminders of being still and listening to your innervoice, remembering to breathe and having faith in the midst of the storm. This powerful compact book also provides worksheets which allows the reader to become interactive with the process of nurturing their spirit. This book definitely leaves the reader feeling empowered!

For more information or to contact Mr. Terrance Dean please e-mail beempoweredbook@aol.com