Ashanti Branch, an Oakland-based educator and community organizer, joins Wali to discuss what it was like to grow up in poverty; how he learned of his father’s death; and how he left a career as a civil engineer to pursue his passion of providing mentorship to teenage boys in Oakland. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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