About PHILLY TRUCE
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High school classmates Steven Pickens and Mazzie Casher founded PHILLY TRUCE in 2020 as the homicide rate in Philadelphia crept up to 500. In October of that year, the lifelong friends began brainstorming solutions to a familiar cycle. They recalled the last time Philadelphia saw 500 homicides: 1990, when they were in 10th grade. Their hearts went out to the youth navigating the same streets they had 30 years prior.
As founders, Pickens and Casher understand the pressures our sons face to maintain a strong reputation, given the unwritten code (“no snitching”) discouraging them to seek help beyond the peer level. They recognize the difficulties young men face in sharing their problems, especially as Black men coming of age in Philadelphia.
PHILLY TRUCE was founded with a mission to achieve Sustainable Black Manhood. The essence of Sustainable Black Manhood is crystallized in a vision that transcends conventional expectations, aiming for transformative change on multiple fronts.
This work is essential because the Black community (including other communities of color and impoverished communities) in Philadelphia is not sufficiently preparing its sons for manhood. Many mature physiologically without maturing psychologically, emotionally, or intellectually, leading to poor choices, poor options and premature deaths.
Until the African-American population in Philadelphia has sufficient familial and community leadership from its men, their lot will be a 2nd class status, and Philadelphia will continue to be saddled with crime and poverty for generations to come.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Jeff Abramowitz
Dr. Ronda Rose Davis
Jeff Abramowitz
CEO, Petey Greene Program
Vice Chair
Briana Cannon
Dr. Ronda Rose Davis
Jeff Abramowitz
University Science Center
Dr. Ronda Rose Davis
Dr. Ronda Rose Davis
Dr. Ronda Rose Davis
Public Health PhD
Vice Secretary
Eddie Farfan
Dr. Ronda Rose Davis
Dr. Ronda Rose Davis
Apple
Chair, Tech Committee
Brian Gordon, Esq.
Brian Gordon, Esq.
Brian Gordon, Esq.
Civil Rights Attorney
Chair, Advocacy & Policy Committee
Kelly Greene
Brian Gordon, Esq.
Brian Gordon, Esq.
Therapist
Treasurer
Clinton Johnson
Brian Gordon, Esq.
Dr. Kevin London
National Geographic
Dr. Kevin London
Brian Gordon, Esq.
Dr. Kevin London
Sate of Delaware
Chair, Community Programming
Ray Soriano
Maya Stallings
Maya Stallings
Cyber Security
Board Chair
Maya Stallings
Maya Stallings
Maya Stallings
Drexel University
Secretary
MMM30
The Million Man March 30th Anniversary: Sunday Oct. 26, 2025
North Philly, South Philly & West Philly meet up at Love Park to rally, celebrate the spirit of Oct. 16, 1995 and put forth the action agenda going forward! Help us preserve our history and write the next chapter.