EPISODE THIRTY-FIVE of The Race to Social Justice Podcast series, produced with my colleague, Keva White, and just released, introduces Jacqueline Jones Royster, academic scholar and author, and Gene Kansas, cultural developer, preservationist and social entrepreneur. Hear how their collaborative talents are helping restore “Sweet Auburn”, an historic African-American community in Atlanta, Georgia.
Episode #23: Kenny Holdsman and Ameen Akbar (executive and mission leaders of Philadelphia Youth Basketball, respectively) tell us how their organization uses passionate mission-driven, entrepreneurial work and evidence-based practices which leverage the iconic game of basketball to help urban youth overcome the most urgent and systemic issues facing under-resourced communities.