Chris Sain Jr.

For nearly five years, Chris Sain Jr. founder of the “PUT A RING ON IT” initiative has been pouring into young men, specifically black men ages 35 and under that are either single and holding out on love or in a relationship but refuse to get married. Chris Sain Jr. considered by many to be a relationship expert, but he willingly admits, he is the least likeliest of all men to get married, is also a domestic violence and sexual assault activist among other things says, “If you are over 35, in a relationship for three or more years with a person and you are still not married, you know better!!! You are playing games. I don’t seek to consult guys like that because as a man, you know better.” The “PUT A RING ON IT” initiative was birthed because Chris decided to be to other young men what he wished someone were to him. "Married men I knew, never kept it real when asked about what married life is like." The number one answer every man gave was “It’s tough. Marriage ...

Statistics said I'd be dead or in jail by 25. The data suggested that as a first generation college student, I didn't have the grit, the mental toughness and educational capacity to persist and earn a degree and that I was not "college material." The constant message I received from society and the media was that black men are failures. We are only good at going to prison.  Unfortunately, I didn't get the memo. Institutions of Higher Learning had not yet met me. Who was I? I was a young man determined to defy the odds. I was a young man that was Book Smart, Street Smart and had Common Sense and knew that institutions of Higher Learning had never seen an individual who possessed all three of these attributes and characteristics. I was a Urban Young Professional, wise beyond my years that blew the roof off of Michigan State University, Saginaw Valley State University and Wayne State University. At the age of 24, I graduated top of my class with a Mast...