Join Marianna Cacciatore as she interviews Kelvin Potts, founder of the Teen Boys Rites of Passage program in Oakland, CA. Kelvin’s early life was marked by violence and self-destruction. Somehow, he survived and found his way out. Some of his friends didn’t. As an adult, Kelvin looked around his community and saw boys who, like him, were being subjected to violence and negative life styles from an early age. Armed with a personal mission to live life fully, Kelvin felt compelled to share his gift of leadership with young boys at risk. In 2009, with the help of a micro-grant from Bread for the
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