NEW YORK - Brandon Frame remembers the exact moment he learned how to tie a tie. He was a 19-year-old intern. 

"I met a man - his name was Joseph Twelves - he worked in the same office I worked in. He was like, 'Man, you need to know how to tie a tie!' And I was like, 'I do!' Because all I do is once someone ties it, I just leave it tied," Frame recalled.

Learning that simple skill eventually became the foundation for Frame's non-profit organization "The Black Man Can." 

Things really started to take shape nine years ago, first as a blog, and now as what he calls a movement.

"One thing it's about is providing the positive contradictions to the prevailing black man image of today. The point of 'The Black Man Can' is to show that we are not monolithic, it's to show that we're fathers, we're husbands, we're doctors, we're lawyers, we're entrepreneurs and we run the gamut of all the different things that is possible in life," Frame said.

Frame holds workshops across the country with the goal of empowering and motivating young men of color. Thanks to a network of hundreds of volunteers students learn things like financial literacy, the importance of civic engagement, and of course how to tie a tie.

"Learning how to tie a tie is good for being formal, to look professional, to make sure that everyone who sees you knows that you are someone who wants to be recognized as normal," said Nicolas Guillermo, a student.

In addition to running his non-profit, Frame spends his days working for The Urban Assembly – an organization that works to develop underserved public schools. Frame has pitched in there to create its "social emotional learning" curriculum which teaches young people the importance of positive social behavior.

Frame believes these lessons combined with the efforts of "The Black Man Can" will create long-lasting impacts.

"I want people to know that in all communities, there are amazing young people. And if we teach them the skills they need in order to be successful, you'll transform them but you also transform the communities they live in as well," Frame said.

So, for creating a community of positivity for young men of color, Brandon Frame is our New Yorker of the Week.