Growing up in the projects of one of the most violently dangerous and devastatingly impoverished neighborhoods in the nation, Soulsville, Tennessee, our guest, Christopher Dean, relays the ugly truth about how our western culture often chooses to ignore those suffering all around us. Chris has a philosophers way of relating his own story, letting others know what it’s like from the perspective of a kid that was raised in a drug and gang culture, narrowly escaping the same fate of many of his peers, by entering and winning a writing contest that gained him national attention when President Barack Obama attended his high school graduation as the prize. This, opening the door to many new opportunities, Chris spent time interning at the White House and later meeting  film maker and philanthropist, Tom Shadyac, whom he welcomed into his life as a father figure and mentor. All of this played a part in how he’s now making a big difference in his community, and we can all be inspired to do more through hearing about it.

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