b'the money, the college allowed him to start classes. says he spent his entire adult life paying it forward. McCorn went on to earn degrees from Morehouse,McCornbelievesthatAmericansocietyleadsone Yale Divinity School, Chicago Theological Seminary,tothinktheyareisolatedindividualsandpush andaDoctorofMinistryfromUnited Theologicalruggedindividualism.Butheisadamantabout Seminary.HecurrentlyattendstheUnionInstituteteachingyoungpeopletounderstandthat noman andUniversityandisacandidateforDoctorofis an island unto themselves.He describes himself PhilosophyinEthicalandCreativeLeadership.asafierceadvocateofblackfolk,unapologetically Beforebecomingandunashamedly. presidentatClintonMcCornbelieves College,McCornthatweareall spent31yearsasaconnected,which pastor in the A.M.E.meanswehavea Zionchurch.Heresponsibilityto pastoredchurcheseachotherandto inBoston,Chicago,creatingabeloved Atlanta,andc o m m u n i t y .Baltimore.HewasEmphasizingthatit pastor of the historicdoes take a village to P e n n s y l v a n i araise a child, he says AvenueA.M.E.we have gotten away ZionChurchfrom the community inBaltimore,concept,whichhas Maryland,whenhurtusasAfrican heacceptedtheAmericans.And presidencyofthatourchildren ClintonCollege.mustunderstand Throughouthisthattheyhavea career,Dr.McCornsacredobligation hasreceivedThis is the beauty of the village, that whentohonortheir numeroushonorspeople invest in you, you can do anything. ancestors who paved and awards. Recently Dr. Lester Agyei McCornthewayforthem. chosentobeapartWeshouldletour ofthe2019cohortchildrenknowthat oftheHarvardweseethemand University Seminar for New Presidents, the HBCUthat there are people in the stands, both on this earth CampaignFundnamedDr.McCornoneoftheand in the heavens, who are rooting for them, advises Ten Most Dominant HBCU Leaders of 2019.HeMcCorn. also authored a bookStanding on Holy Ground: AnAfrocentricMinistryApproachtoPropheticMcCorncurrentlylivesinFortMill,SC,withhis Community Engagement. wife,Charlene,anelementaryschoolteacher. They McCorn says his motto is excellence without excuse,havethreechildrenWilliamElijahBenjamin, which is also adopted by Clinton College.He has aMaliakaKenyatta,andJohnCharlesWesley. deep reverence for the people in his life that he says,McCorn learned after moving to SC that he realized would not let me have a pity party and believed inhe had roots in the state from his grandmother who methroughtheyears,heremembered.Thisiswas born in Camden, SC. He says he was excited to thebeautyofthevillage,thatwhenpeopleinvestmeet some of his relatives from Camden.inyou,youcandoanything.Forthisreason,he IMARA11'