Conversations Highlighting Hustle: Entrepreneurial Spotlights
Recently Derreck Smith had an opportunity to discuss the necessity of voting locally and a little bit about the electoral college with former Virginia House of Delegate, and currently the Chief Political Officer at Millennium Enterprise Corporation, Michael Futurell.
Six months ago today, I put my kids on the school bus for the first time. Yesterday we began a new school year, unlike anything anyone might have ever imagined. Just a few op-ed & meme’d words that have resonated with me…
A few years back, I was blessed with the opportunity to have met Eric Kellum. I was going through some tough times, and God saw fit for Eric and I to connect. That connection played an integral role in the birth of this platform. Fast forward to an unprecedented time, an age of social distancing, and an era of a new that most might have only thought possible in movies. It was a pleasure to catch up with Eric, share a little about his new book Sexual Healing, and the upcoming Virtual Locker Room series he’s kicking off May 23rd.
As this will likely be one of the most notable #GivingTuesday‘s in the #NotForProfit community this year, Burden & Purpose’s Will Lewis had a #GreatConversation with Eshauna Smith, President & CEO of Urban Alliance. Urban Alliance is a national youth development nonprofit that provides economically-disadvantaged young people with access to the exposure, opportunity, support, and training needed to prepare them for lifelong economic self-sufficiency.
On this #GivingTuesday, please consider sharing your resources with this historic nonprofit that is making an impact in cities across the country.
In 2013, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) estimated that 49.1 million Americans lived in “food insecure” households which is the official measurement of food deprivation in America. Seven years later, in the midst of a global health and economic crisis, those statistics have more than doubled. Food insecurity is defined as not having adequate or consistent food supply for an active, healthy life for all members of the household or a limited uncertain availability of nutritionally adequate foods throughout the year. Simply put, they are hungry or at-risk of hunger. Poverty and resources such as transportation are the leading causes of food insecurity. Unfortunately, people in the U.S. go hungry every day. Unfortunately, Prince William County will see about 14,000 children go hungry every day if the resources aren’t there to feed them.
As a response, Dr. Vanessa Gattis and the Prince William County Community Foundation launched the C.H.O.W. Initiative and put the C.H.O.W. Wagon on the streets. Aiming to help eradicate hunger in the Prince William County area for minors ages 18 and under, they’ve partnered with the Prince William County Public Schools system and set up a haven for children to receive meals, up to two times a day and on the weekends.
Burden & Purpose’s Derreck Smith caught up with Dr. Gattis for another #GreatConversation
This morning we had the pleasure and privilege of working out with two of our favorite fitness enthusiasts and trainers, @Mr.Absway & @JFalborn
We look forward to #GreatConversations with each of them here on Burden & Purpose, but until then, give them a shout and tell them that we sent you!
