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S2.P21. Power Session - Dr. Charles Corprew, Moving Past Our Missteps
Amerikan Therapy
English - February 13, 2020 14:00 - 8 minutes - 12.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsMental Health Health & Fitness Society & Culture mental mental health black african american black mental health emotional health black consciousness black wellness wellness african american health Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Dr. Corprew is passionate about revolution, not the bloody riots that mar cities and countries, but the opportunities we all have for personal and global transformation. As an educator for the last twenty years, Charles has worked to change the trajectories of America’s most precious demographics. He knows one way to do this is by providing the educational skills and life tools necessary to illuminate and catalyze the genius that resides within all of us. Within this spirit, Charles taught middle school Social Studies, and had the fortunate experience of teaching Psychology at the best place on earth, Green Run High School, his alma mater. It would be the lessons learned from his mentees at Green Run that led him to attain his Ph.D. in Psychological Science from Tulane, where he focused on resilient outcomes for boys and men of color. After a successful tenure as a professor, Charles believed there was more to sitting behind a desk pontificating about how things should be;; thus he started his social impact consulting firm, “What’s Your Revolution?”, where he worked to bring racial and gender equity to the consciousness of organizations across the country. In this capacity, he worked with some of the most influential education and mental health leaders to craft policy, programming, and practice that allows everyone to thrive in their varied contexts.
In 2019, Dr. Corprew joined Camelback Ventures as the director of the Education Fellowship, an early stage start-up accelerator for women and entrepreneurs of color. Founded by Aaron Walker, we believe genius is evenly distributed, but opportunity is not. Thus, our goal with the education fellowship is to propel our fellows into the next sphere of their journey so they can revolutionize the lives of the people they serve. Charles is also the host of the award-winning podcast, the “What’s Your Revolution? Show”. The show is an opportunity for men of color to detail how their su