Boxing Hall of Famer Donnell Holmes — LIVE This Thursday
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This Thursday, Soul Thursdays welcomes Boxing Hall of Famer Donnell Holmes for an inspiring conversation about the discipline, mentorship, and mindset that carried him from the small town of Ivanhoe, North Carolina, to becoming the #1 ranked Light Heavyweight in the United States, a member of the U.S. World Class Elite Boxing Team, and a 2023 Boxing Hall of Fame inductee.
Joining Donnell is leadership coach P. Kevin Williamson, who has spent more than 26 years helping professionals develop confidence, strengthen leadership, and discover their calling.
Together, they’ll help us launch our new Healthy Masculinity series with a conversation that goes beyond boxing and business to explore a question that affects us all:
Who helped build you?
Through stories of mentorship, perseverance, leadership, and personal growth, we’ll explore how healthy men—and healthy communities—are built one relationship, one lesson, and one generation at a time.
🎙 Built, Not Born: Who Helped Build You?
Thursday, July 2 • 8:00 PM ET
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At State of Black Man, we believe healthy masculinity isn’t something you’re born with. It’s something that’s developed through relationships, responsibility, accountability, and community.
For years, public conversations about Black men have often focused on statistics, crises, and problems.
Less often do we stop to ask a different question:
What helps boys become healthy men?
Not perfect men.
Not celebrity men.
Not wealthy men.
Healthy men.
That’s why we’re excited to launch a new ongoing conversation:
Healthy Masculinity
This series will explore the people, experiences, values, and life lessons that shape emotionally healthy, purpose-driven men.
We’ll discuss topics like:
Mentorship
Fatherhood
Emotional Intelligence
Leadership
Identity
Discipline
Relationships
Purpose
Mental Health
Community
Healing
Legacy
Rather than asking, “What’s wrong with Black men?”
We’ll begin asking:
What helps Black men thrive?
Episode One: Built, Not Born: Who Helped Build You?
Our first conversation brings together two men whose careers couldn’t appear more different.
Leadership coach P. Kevin Williamson has spent more than 26 years helping professionals develop confidence, strengthen leadership, and build healthier organizational cultures.
Former heavyweight contender Donnell Holmes rose from a small town in North Carolina to become the #1 ranked Light Heavyweight in the United States, a member of the U.S. World Class Elite Boxing Team, and eventually a Boxing Hall of Fame inductee.
One developed leaders.
One developed champions.
Both were developed by someone else.
Their stories remind us that confidence is built.
Character is built.
Leadership is built.
Discipline is built.
Healthy masculinity is built.
Community Discussion
After our spotlight conversations, we’ll open the floor to one question that every person can answer:
Who Helped Build You?
Think about the people who shaped your life.
Who challenged you?
Who corrected you?
Who encouraged you?
Who believed in you before you believed in yourself?
Maybe it was a parent.
A coach.
A teacher.
A pastor.
An aunt.
A grandfather.
A fraternity brother.
A neighbor.
Or perhaps someone who simply showed up when you needed them most.
As a community, we’ll reflect on how those relationships continue to shape our lives—and what responsibility we now have to help build others.
Because healthy communities don’t happen by accident.
They are built.
One relationship.
One conversation.
One generation at a time.
🎙 Join Us Live
Healthy Masculinity Series
Episode One
Built, Not Born: Who Helped Build You?
Featuring
P. Kevin Williamson
Leading Beyond the Title: Confidence, Community, and Calling
Donnell Holmes
The Heart of a Contender
🗓 Thursday, July 2
🕗 8:00 PM Eastern
Because every one of us is still being built.
Calvin Creates
Founder | Community Education Collective
Executive Producer | Soul Thursdays
Community Learning Architect & Ecosystem Builder
Connecting community voice, expert knowledge, and practical solutions that strengthen families and communities.
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