Denell Howard | Conversations In Focus | Evolve International & Youth Empowerment

About this episode

Bryan Hudson hosts a conversation with Denell Howard about empowering young Black men through leadership.

Conversations In Focus with Pastor Denell Howard of Evolve International Bryan Hudson, DMin. hosts an insightful conversation with Denell Howard on serving young Black men and developing leaders. YouTube link: https://www.youtube.com/live/I-T1eHpcjb0?si=ylJpFmOeYBsRYobG Pastor Howard is the founder and director of Evolve International, Inc. The letters E.V.O.L.V.E stands for "Educating for Victory Offering Leadership Vision & Empowerment." Evolve International Inc. is an organization developed solely to grow and develop leaders. Our goal is to inspire African American males to intentionally lead in areas of education, entrepreneurship, civics, and mentoring. The challenges within the Black community are vast and multifaceted, yet we believe we can articulate the solution in one word: leadership. Their work of Evolve International is to engage in the development of the next generation and to empower leaders to evolve by creating supportive environments through the five "C's" of Coaches, Conferences, Clubs, Camps, and The Evolve Education Center. Denell Howard is also Pastor of the Hovey Street church of Christ in Indianapolis, Indiana. He and his wife, Keisha, have three children…

People in this episode

Host: Bryan Hudson

Guest: Denell Howard

Topics covered

• youth empowerment
• leadership development
• African American males
• education
• entrepreneurship
• civics
• mentoring

Keywords

• Evolve International
• Hovey Street church of Christ
• Indianapolis
• community challenges
• supportive environments

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Evolve International

Books & works: Conversations In Focus

Places: DMin, Indianapolis, Indiana

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