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Episode 57:Youthbuild McLean County 
Guest: Tracey Polson

In this episode, Dewhitt sits down with wonder woman and CEO of the McLean County Youthbuild Program, Mrs. Tracey Polson. Director Polson summarizes her journey of how she became Director of McLean County Youthbuild,  and informs me of the purpose and goal of the program. Tracey and I discuss the following: 

• Her career path
• Working as a Nanny
• Growing up in Oklahoma
• The purpose of Youthbuild
• The population her program serves
• The different components of the program
• Community service
• The importance of education
• The construction component
• Digital vocation
• Career success
• Leadership training
• AmeriCorps  
• Youthbuild partnerships
• How to contribute to Youthbuild
• The 19th, 4th and 14th Amendments
• The arrest of Donald Trump
• The Capital insurrection
• Criminal accountability 
• Black Lives Matter
• White Supremacy
• What she’d like to see the Biden administration accomplish

McLean County Youthbuild
https://www.youthbuildmcleancounty.org/

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