My Brother's Keeper, Inc., (MBK) traces its roots to 1998 when 33 African Americans convinced the Congressional Black Caucus to make Congress fund HIV/AIDS to reduce the burden on the African-American community. During this meeting, Dr. Mark Colomb recognized this issue as a health disparity and envisioned an organization to address this need. Under the leadership of Dr. Colomb, MBK was established first as a nascent entity in 1999 dedicated to the prevention, care and treatment of persons living with HIV/AIDS. Since then, the agency's mission and vision has been adopted into overall health disparities in African Americans including cancer, heart disease, hypertension, diabetes, stroke and obesity. As it exists today, MBK is a seasoned organization pursuing the health and well being of minorities through public health programming. MBK is a national organization with over 500,000 constituents and members from across the United States.