Meet Royle King II

Founder/Executive Director

Mr. Royle King II

Royle King II is a native of Dallas, Texas who moved to Tallahassee, Florida in 2004 chasing his journalism dreams at Florida A&M University. His entire life is a testimony to what a community village can produce. Good parents, mentors’ family and community. He spent his teen years in two mentoring programs that would change his life and later change the lives of young men around the world. The Omega Sparks, a mentoring auxiliary of the local Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc., and the Dallas/Fort Worth Association of Black Journalists journalism boot camp.

These programs laid the foundation for success and desire to help others. It was the boot camp that introduced King II to his mentor Cheryl Smith a fellow FAMU Alumni who inspired him to continue his education there as well. After graduating from high school King vowed to dedicate his life to helping others and giving back the same way so many people gave to him. In 2008 while still an undergraduate at FAMU the Omega Lamplighters mentoring program was born. Since 2008 the program has grown to serve over 3,000 youth in the Big Bend area and has grown to over 15 chapters all over the United States. King has been recognized on several occasions for his work in the community and is highly regarded for his approaches to working with young men and boys. King decided to settle in Tallahassee after creating Omega Lamplighters, Inc. even through its ongoing national expansion, he believes he was called to this city, during these times for this purpose.

King II currently serves as the inaugural Executive Director of The Tallahassee-Leon County Council on The Status of Men and Boys where he leads efforts to create strategies to implement to reduce gun violence in Leon County and unify our communities service provider agencies. Additionally, King serves as the Florida Statewide Organization (FSO) | 7th District, of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Incorporated 25th State Representative.

King II has been selected as a Black Enterprise Be Modern Man, presented a proclamation from the City of Dallas (Texas), Featured in a nationally televised special "Mentoring Kings", is an inaugural recipient of the Tallahassee Awards presented by Mayor John Dailey and has been featured in the Tallahassee Democrat, WFSU, WTXL, WCTV and 96.1 p.m. media outlets. We’d be here talking all day about the awards and recognitions King II has achieved but of all of them he’s most proud of his two children Royle III and Rylie King.

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