More than anything, a hero needs to overcome some impossible odds to meet their greatness. The everyday hero I chose can be visited on about any day at 512 w. 143rd st. in Harlem. He is the co-founder of The Brotherhood component of The Brotherhood-SisterSol nonprofit organization. His name is Khary, my brothers and I call him 'K'.
Khary Lazarre White is a Harlem entrepreneur and philanthropist. However, his biggest and arguably most important title is as CEO of Brotherhood-SisterSol, an organization he started 15 years ago while still at Brown University.
The non-profit program, which provides a holistic wrap-around service (social, educational, employment etc) for at-risk youth in Harlem, has an impressive success rate - 95 percent of its students are college graduates or working full time. To date, nearly 500 students have gone through the program. It's this statistic, helping to empower an astonishing number of young men and women of color to overcome impossible odds, that makes Khary a hero. Elevated to everyday status by continuing his work in the neighborhood he lives in, a buoyant solution moving with purpose in an ocean of problems.
-- Of course a hero is the precursor to my villainy..
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This hero portrait is so succinctly painted. It has my interest piqued to the "got to meet him" level. And that's the sign of a story with some strong DNA. Cut to your clip from the Obama election year...something I've never seen before! This is so moving..so quotable..this metaphor of the "blue collar blueprint"...wow. Let me know how I might circulate this...more people need to see/hear/experience your spoken word!
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