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When studying history, it becomes pretty clear that it's always been the role of young people to spark change in the world. -Malcolm X was 32 years old when he stepped onto the national stage by galvanizing thousands of people to address police brutality in New York City.-Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was 26 years old when he led the Montgomery Bus Boycott that protested racial segregation in the public transit system.>These influential and culture-shifting leaders had mentors who showed them how to be self-asserted, conscientious, and thoughtful in their leadership before they became who the world now knows them to be. Mentors exist to provide emerging leaders with a philosophy of life based on the world that exists. We live in a world that has grown to be more complicated socially while remaining plagued with recurring themes of racial dehumanization affecting people both internally and externally. The Bridge to Change is a guide to provide leaders with a set of tools to create, shape, and maintain a rehumanizing culture that focuses on the development of a strong sense of self, productivity, and emotional health in the lives of those they serve. There will also be specific discussions on social issues that will be framed in a way that promotes positive change, a restoration of hope, and an avenue to emotional health. Two of the keys to reaching our destinies individually and communally is by having leaders chart the course by using their own lives as an example of how to change and by creating practical, socially applicable strategies to help heal the communities they serve which begins with an awareness of the issues. Let this guide serve as a catalyst to changing the lives of those you serve and the broader community.

The common denominator for all people is that none of our parents are perfect. Whether we experienced a healthy and stable family dynamic or experienced a tumultuous upbringing, we all enter adulthood with an incompleteness or deficit. Some of us had it better than others, but no one is exempt. Bridge the Gaps is a personal development guide and resource that serves the purpose of compensating for those deficits. This guide will provide the tools that individuals can use to grow in three areas: -Self-awareness: To get really clear on how you are wired and what you are called to do in this world. -Self-development: To get equipped to set and reach deeply meaningful goals. -Self-care: To cultivate the ability to love yourself and your community.Our ability to affect change personally and communally is contingent on us truly knowing that we are here for a purpose and being willing to flesh out these tools to reflect our God's given uniqueness in service to our community. I am here today because someone made the world better for me even though they would never meet me. I choose to pay it forward with this work. We work so that future generations would have a better start than we may have had. We work so that their tomorrow will be better than our yesterday. We work so that they have the motivation, the tools, and the safety that we may not have had. We work to Bridge the Gaps.

A community is like a garden. Bad things grow naturally. Good things have to be planted and tended to. But we all deserve a safe community where we can thrive and grow in relationship and in our uniqueness. Have you found or built a tribe where you can be authentic and vulnerable? Here's the resource to get you started! If you're like most people, much of the relational pain you may have experienced can be avoided if you have the tools to prevent and heal relationship breakdown. In fact, the right approach can create the type of community where you can develop your unique, God-given self and launch out into your purpose. Who Taught You to Love? provides the tools to reflect on who you are, how to heal emotional wounds, and create a community around you that models emotionally healthy skill building. If you've experienced traumas that scarred your life, the lessons in these pages discuss ways to organize your life to heal and provide resources to provide you with an on-ramp to receive skilled help. Learn how to find your purpose, build yourself up, and create an emotionally healthy community free from shame.>Jonathan Frejuste is an author and the creator of TheBridge330, a mentoring program whose mission is to provide quality mentoring tools and resources to underserved, under-resourced, and vulnerable communities in ways that support sustained social change, a restoration of hope, and an avenue to emotional health. You can learn more at www.thebridge330.com.