>> the development empowerment center. >> mm-hmm. >> i was confused, and one of the upperclassmen brought me to the male development empowerment center. and that's where i met with dr. waterman and the other directors and mentors at the male development empowerment center, and that was a few years ago, and now i am a mentor. so it's like coming in and having your whole life kind of change. it's like, "you're important." >> what did they say or do at the center? what did you find that was sort of the key to saying, "now i get it"? >> well, it's like, going through my k to 12 grade of schooling, not having a black male teacher in my life and now having a hundred of them saying, "you got this. you can do this, and i could help you, and i could tutor you, and i can mentor you." >> and, dr. waterman, is that what you're hoping will happen to people that participate in this medgar evers week? i mean, look, you've got a long list of workshops and film festivals and conversations and just a chance for young men to fellowship with each other. is that what you're hoping, that there's gonna be, like, a light bulb