Honoring Stories and Integrating Curriculum™: How to Build and Sustain Communities Episode 5, Part 1

Listen to "E5:1 Preparing Youth and Underserved Communities for Employment in Different Sectors" on Spreaker.

Preparing Youth and Adults for Employment in Different Sectors, Charles Barnes, Director of Community Outreach Services​
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Contact and Bio
Email: cbarnes@fatherssupport.org
Website: www.fatherssupportcenter.org
Twitter: @fatherssupport
Facebook: Fathers Support Center
LinkedIn: Fathers Support Center

​Charles Barnes has been employed with FFSC for 20 years. He has served as a Facilitator, FFSC Substance Abuse Program Monitor, Employment manager, Director of Employment Services and now the Director of Community Outreach.
With a history of excellence and extensive experience, Mr. Barnes is strategic and highly motivated while providing facilitation and trainings in the areas of responsible behavior, employment readiness and family reunification. He has facilitated in the community, local, state and federal correctional institutions. 
Mr. Barnes’ life accomplishments consist of an array of experiences which assist to enhance life skills, self-esteem, and decision-making skills, skills on coping with stress, anger management, and family interactions. As well, he teaches families about new ways of living and working together that are healthy.  He’s covered topics that touched on parenting, adult relationships in healthy families, solving family problems, passing on values to children, sex, drugs and rock and roll. He has made significant contributions that have impacted the lives of many children and adults. Mr. Barnes’ true passion encompasses motivating and educating people from all walks of life

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Episode 5, Part 1: Charles Barnes, Director of Community Outreach Services

• 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