HUMANS OF GREENVILLE MAKING A DIFFERENTS!

"I set out to simply help progress urban minority culture. This has become a journey and led to many positions. I am a college outreach specialist with a focus on minority males that are first generation college students. I was actually the first person in my family to go to college. I was also appointed to the mayor's Police Community Relations Commission. I also launched a non-profit that creates valuable interaction between urban minority and the rest of society. It is important to bridge that gap. We live so separately." "I got to the point where I began to look at the way we live. We were just in a cycle that resulted in nothing. I decided on why I was going to live affirmatively. If you do it right, it affords you your living. I think that if what you do or offer has value, then money will always attach itself to value. In other words, if you live a life that's valuable, you will be able to pay your rent, pay your car note and get what you need to live. I decided purpose first and everything came afterwards." "I told myself that I would never be a part of anything that I am not able to speak freely and honestly. The culture I grew up in, we had to be down for whatever. This is actually how I learned the value of membership and brotherhood. I feel that as a member of a group, if I have a positive idea that will help the people I am around then I have to present my idea. If my friend or associate has an idea that will hurt people or push us back then it is my job to challenge their idea or speak up for myself. I won't be a part of anything where my opinion is not valued." "Ultimately, I feel like service is a way of life. It's not a job. It's not a position. It's not even charity. It's a requirement of your human energy that if you are going to do something it should add to the world around you. I try to measure myself in my ability to affect the world around me in a positive way. In the environment that I grew up in, you may not always have a job, but there is always work to do. If you serve your community, it will open up doors so service is actually the solution to everything."