Media.Broadcast.Internet CEO, Russ McClinton has launched a non-profit organization that will focus on the use of technology and technical training for inner city youth and families. In March of 2008, with the help of business partner Darren McLaurin, Business Manager Stephanie Hawkins, wife, Dorshai McClinton, The City of Birmingham Division of youth Services and a host of dedicated sponsors and supporters Mr. McClinton re-launched Family Tech Day, an event designed to encourage the use of technology in Birmingham's urban communities.

"My goal with this non-profit is to reach out to our youth and families and establish a foundation that will take a lead role in creating a technical savvy community." states Mr. McClinton. "After Family Tech Day 2008 we were approached by several civic leaders and companies to host Family Tech Day in their communities. This is what led me to finally establish an entity that could focus strictly on the betterment of our communities through the promotion of technology."

Family Tech Day was initially launched in 2002 as a component to Black Family Technology Week. Mr. McClinton is looking to expand the roots of the event and reach out to all young people and families as he approaches the use, knowledge and continued development of technology as an economic development issue.

In addition to the annual Family Tech Day event, Mr. McClinton is looking to launch a monthly technology focused magazine that will highlight new products, technical opportunities in education and business, games, electronics and general how-tos. He is also working with friends to re-launch media projects for area youth that will put them in control of producing responsible media.

Family Tech Day 2008 hosted over 1,500 patrons and was sponsored by ACIPCO, The City of Birmingham Division of Youth Services, Bright House Networks, UAB Computer Science Department and MBI-LLC. The event featured over 30 vendors and technical displays and offered a fun learning environment for all ages.

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MBI has partnered with the Birmingham Division of Youth Services to become a part of the Youth Services Youth First Dream Team. This team of dedicated individuals representing Birmingham, AL firms, donates, time, products and services as well as ideas for the development of our community's most important asset. Our children. MBI has been a participant company with the Youth First Dream Team since 2003. In 1992, a Youth Advisory Commission was formed to address teen pregnancy, education and illiteracy, youth gang violence, drug and alcohol abuse, and unemployment problems affecting Birmingham's youth. From this Commission, the City of Birmingham's Division of Youth Services was created. The Division's role was to develop an approach to address these and other issues directly impacting our city's youth population.

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MBI receives an honorarium from the MLK Unity Breakfast for its donation of the MLK Unity Breakfast website. MBI has supported the breakfast since 2004. On Monday, January 20, 1996 , Americans celebrated the first national M.L. King Memorial day. That date also marked the celebration of Birmingham’s first Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Unity Breakfast. Held at the Relay House in the Bank for Savings building, the regular weekly meeting place for the Community Affairs Committee (CAC), a new community tradition was born.

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