AYPF Podcast on Credible Messengers

AYPF Podcast on Credible Messengers

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Released October 24 & December 9, 2022

“Your role in my life as someone I know who also has a parent who has been incarcerated gave me encouragement, gave me an example to know I could do it.” — Armonté Butler, podcast episode host

 

Credible messengers are mentors whose lived experiences serve as a credential in their work to provide guidance, support, and encouragement to young people facing similar challenges. Credible messengers are unique mentors in that their lived experience serves to create even deeper trust, understanding, and partnership with the young people they serve. This podcast looks at how well-trained, resourced, supported, and paid credible messengers can serve young people navigating the youth legal system, child welfare system, K-12 schools, or college.

 

The Credible Messengers Podcast unpacks the term “credible messenger,” to show you what a credible messenger is and isn’t. And through lived examples and exemplary research, we illustrate the many ways where credible messengers are already working or should be utilized to improve outcomes for young people, especially those marginalized by systemic inequities.

 

“If you want to solve a problem, you have to talk to the people who are enduring [or have endured] the impact of that problem.” — Iliana Pujols, podcast episode host 

 

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Episodes:

 

Episode 1: Introduction to Credible Messengers

 

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Iliana Pujols, Host
Youth Policy Consultant, AYPF

 

 

 

 

Clinton Lacey Headshot

 

 

 

Clinton Lacey, Guest
President and CEO, Credible Messenger Mentoring Movement (CM3)

 

 

 


 

Episode 2: Credible Messengers in Child Welfare

 

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Daftne Sanchez Headshot

 

 

 

 

Daftne Sanchez, Host
Youth Policy Consultant, AYPF

 

 

 

Serita Cox Headshot

 

 

Serita Cox, Guest
Co-Founder & CEO, iFoster

 

 

 

Tyree Crawford Headshot

 

 

 

Tyree Crawford, Guest
iFoster TAY Americorps Ambassador

 

 

 


 

Episode 3: Credible Messengers in Colleges and Universities

 

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Armonté Butler Headshot

 

 

Armonté Butler, Host
Youth Policy Consultant, AYPF

 

 

 

 

 

Yasmine Arrington Photo

 

 

 

Yasmine Arrington, Guest
Founder & Executive Director, ScholarCHIPS (For Children of Incarcerated Parents)

 

 

 

 

Micere Keels Headshot

 

 

Micere Keels, Guest
Associate Professor, The University of Chicago

 


 

Episode 4: Credible Messengers in K-12 Schools

Transcript Coming Soon

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Brittany LaMarr, Host
Youth Policy Consultant, AYPF

 

 

 

Bernadette Sánchez Headshot

 

 

 

Dr. Bernadette Sánchez, Guest
Professor of Educational Psychology, University of Illinois Chicago

 

 

 

Leighton Johnson Headshot

 

 

 

Leighton Johnson, Guest
Ice the Beef

 

 

 

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Kenvin Lacayo, Guest
Middle School Dean of Students & Youth Policy Consultant, AYPF

 

 


 

Episode 5: Credible Messengers in the Youth Legal System

Transcript Coming Soon

 

Abdul Ali Photo

Abdul Ali, Host
Youth Policy Consultant, AYPF

 

 

 

 

 

 

Erica King Headshot

 

 

 

 

Erica King, Guest
Senior Manager, Center For Effective Public Policy

 

 

Hernán Carvente Martinez Headshot

 

Hernán Carvente-Martinez, Guest
Founder, Healing Ninjas, Inc.

 

 

 

 


 

 

Episode 6: Panel Discussion with Our Credible Messenger Podcast Hosts

Transcript Coming Soon

 

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Kameryn Point, Host
AYPF Policy & Programs Associate

 

 

 

 

 

Abdul Ali Photo

 

 

 

 

Abdul Ali, Guest/Host
Youth Policy Consultant, AYPF

 

 

Brittany LaMarr Photo

 

 

 

Brittany LaMarr, Guest/Host
Youth Policy Consultant, AYPF

 

 

 

Iliana Pujols Photo

Iliana Pujols, Guest/Host
Youth Policy Consultant, AYPF

 

 

 

 

 

 

Daftne Sanchez Headshot

Daftne Sanchez, Guest/Host
Youth Policy Consultant, AYPF

 

 

 

 

 


 

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Support for this podcast was provided by the AIR Equity Initiative.