Honoring Stories and Integrating Curriculum™: How To Build and Sustain Communities, Episode 1, Part 1

Episode 1, Part 1: Jarrett Kendall, Director of Employment Services, Fathers and Families Support Center

• Introduction to Podcast, Honoring Stories and Integrating Curriculum™: How to Build and Sustain Communities
• Introduction to Mission and Vision of Fathers and Families Support Center
• Jarrett’s story of growing up in St. Louis and his career path and how he found FFSC
• Discussion of where violence in St. Louis is coming from
• Discussion about how NSTL became under resourced and what is happening currently
• Jarrett explains how FFSC programming prepares people to navigate a range of sectors, from the courts to the companies they might work for
• Jarrett shares how FFSC employment programming for families connects people to businesses
• Jarrett tells powerful stories of justice-involved FFSC participants who overcome deeply engrained biases through FFSC programs
• Jarrett explains how program participants often have come to view themselves as less, the many obstacles they have been overcoming and how FFSC helps them open significant doors and experience their incredible value to themselves, their families, and our region
• Jarrett explains the power of men mentoring and advocating for one another

Honoring Stories and Integrating Curriculum™: How to Build and Sustain Communities
Honoring Stories and Integrating Curriculum™ Methods this Podcast Features

• Organizations that are rooted in local STL and federal history and engaging in collective action with multiple sectors to transform our region
• Bridge-building communication
  • We all have biases and patterns of judgment that come from similar places that are getting in our way of connecting
  • Stepping out of judgment and into listening for how we are similar, how the collective sharing of our stories helps us move forward individually and together
• Building emotional intelligence
  • The power of collective story telling
  • Strengthening the capacity for self and collective advocacy
• Learning target markets and how to connect with target audiences