Preparing Youth and Underserved Communities for Employment in Different Sectors
•Introduction to Podcast, Honoring Stories and Integrating Curriculum®: How to Build and Sustain Communities
•Charles explains what his position as Director of Community Outreach entails and whom he is seeking to partner with from social services to businesses who are hiring
•Charles shares how he was a benefactor of Fathers, Families Support Center before working for them, including how Carol Schumer influenced his life and his abilities to communicate with his children
•Charles hones in on the aspects of interpersonal growth, civic awareness and communication skills FFSC emphasizes in their programs and classes
•Charles shares some of the key performance indicators that program participants demonstrate in areas such as building personal agency and productive and healthy relationships
•Charles explains how the father’s rap sessions work and the power of story sharing for personal and community healing
•Charles expands on the range of life supports and life skills participants develop through programming that focuses on navigating legal systems, teenage pregnancy prevention, financial literacies, gang violence prevention, and job readiness
•Charles explains core program tenants as they relate to working with different sectors and to family breakthroughs: preparation, practice, and presentation

Honoring Stories and Integrating Curriculum®: How to Build and Sustain Communities
Honoring Stories and Integrating Curriculum® methods this podcast features
•Personal agency and responsibility as a core tenant of personal growth
•Communities developing and practicing communication skills together
•Classrooms where resources are maximized because everyone shares what they know
•Communities sharing their stories and investing in one another’s healing
•Youth programs: interviewing and networking with different sectors, presenting research to different sectors helps prepare youth for relationship building with a range of sectors that leads to future employment