Deliberate Collaboration | Willie Watt Jr. | TEDxMacatawa

Willie shares with us his story of a hard youth filled with violence and gangs, and then talks about how he turned his life around. Now he is working together with local governments to help other youth turn their lives around.

Willie J. Watt, Jr. is the Founder and Executive Director of Escape YFGK an urban ministry for urban teens and young adults and their families. Willie is a member of Christ Memorial Church where he is studying to become a Commission Pastor. He founded the Open Arms ministry which has fed over 3,000 families in Ottawa County and met their basic needs. In 2009 he founded Escape YFGK (Youth For God’s Kingdom) a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that houses six programs to ensure that children who are expelled or suspended are afforded the opportunity to graduate on time with their high school diploma.

This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx

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