Chapter
Creating Job Opportunities in Marginalized Communities
23:34 - 32:14 (08:40)
Keelan discusses how his organization is creating job opportunities for marginalized communities, particularly for young people facing various challenges in their lives, in order to induce bottom-up economic growth within these communities.
Clips
Keelan Sanders discusses how his mindset shift helped him go from struggling financially to owning a successful flower business, highlighting the importance of job creation in local communities over simply giving money to individuals.
23:34 - 25:46 (02:12)
Summary
Keelan Sanders discusses how his mindset shift helped him go from struggling financially to owning a successful flower business, highlighting the importance of job creation in local communities over simply giving money to individuals.
ChapterCreating Job Opportunities in Marginalized Communities
EpisodeFaith with Quilen Blackwell
PodcastA Bit of Optimism
The mission is to build industry from within the impoverished communities by taking over vacant, abandoned land and teaching local kids how to cultivate it.
25:46 - 27:33 (01:46)
Summary
The mission is to build industry from within the impoverished communities by taking over vacant, abandoned land and teaching local kids how to cultivate it. Instead of exporting kids to other parts of the city to work jobs, the focus is to foster economic growth and opportunity right in their own neighborhoods.
ChapterCreating Job Opportunities in Marginalized Communities
EpisodeFaith with Quilen Blackwell
PodcastA Bit of Optimism
The podcast discusses understanding the existing ecosystem with the aim of displacing an inferior ecosystem, which often leads to youths being drawn into street gangs due to rough situations and the appeal of gangs operating as families.
27:33 - 29:44 (02:11)
Summary
The podcast discusses understanding the existing ecosystem with the aim of displacing an inferior ecosystem, which often leads to youths being drawn into street gangs due to rough situations and the appeal of gangs operating as families.
ChapterCreating Job Opportunities in Marginalized Communities
EpisodeFaith with Quilen Blackwell
PodcastA Bit of Optimism
This podcast discusses how an organization is supporting underprivileged youth through reduced hours or demotions instead of firing, and finding additional resources to help due to the tragic experiences they may have faced.
29:44 - 32:14 (02:29)
Summary
This podcast discusses how an organization is supporting underprivileged youth through reduced hours or demotions instead of firing, and finding additional resources to help due to the tragic experiences they may have faced.