Middle School students from the Podcast Program at Build Chicago engage in conversation with the staff to learn more about the people contributing and working with the community at BUILD.
BUILD, Broader Urban Involvement & Leadership Development, is a nationally respected gang intervention, violence prevention, and youth development organization based on Chi ... Show More
Mar 2025
#182 King Randall, I - Rescuing a Lost Generation from Gangs, Crime and Chaos
King Randall, I is the founder of The X for Boys, and a mentor to hundreds of young men in his community. Randall's organization is a charter school in Albany Georgia that aims to teach boys the true meaning of masculinity, manhood, and how to be protectors and providers in their ... Show More
2h 18m
Sep 16
The grassroots movement transforming public safety | Aqeela Sherrills
<p>In 1992, something unprecedented happened in Los Angeles: rival gang members negotiated a historic peace treaty, significantly reducing violence across the city. Aqeela Sherrills, one of the key negotiators of that treaty, continues to bring his vision of community-led peace p ... Show More
13m 40s
Nov 2024
Ep. 219: Federico Negro on Making Tools to Empower and Scale Sustainable Design
<p>Founder and CEO of Canoa, Federico Negro, was born in Uruguay during a time of political turmoil and lived in four countries by age 14. As a teenager in Chicago, he used music as a means of learning English, and during college became fascinated by forensic architecture, which ... Show More
1h 3m