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Teenage Parenthood in a Pandemic
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Founder and Executive Director of H.E.A.R.T.S. Tameka Brown shares how teen moms and dads captured her heart and how her organization equips teen parents towards independence.
0:00 Episode starts
0:43 Personal check-ins start
2:57 Jes talks about having a lot going on in her personal life
5:07 Tameka Brown joins the conversation
5:30 Rob introduces Tameka
7:25 Tameka gives her personal check-in and talks about being humbled and busy
10:17 Jes asks Tameka about her story and how and why H.E.A.R.T.S. was started
10:37 Tameka shares her story of school and how teen moms became a soft spot in her heart because of her best friend
14:34 Rob asks Tameka about who she serves, the challenges they are facing, and H.E.A.R.T.S. works to address those problems
15:00 Tameka shares about her organization
16:13 Rob asks Tameka about the services H.E.A.R.T.S. provides
16:42 Tameka shares about different programs and services H.E.A.R.T.S. is able to offer to teen moms and dads
20:37 Interlude
20:57 Jes asks Tameka one thing she wished other people understood about her work
21:13 Tameka talks about how much hurt comes from how the world looks at teen pregnancy and narrows it down to statistics
24:01 Rob asks about one particular story that holds resiliency
24:23 Tameka tells two stories about two participants who have been strong
28:40 Jes asks if there was one thing Tameka could fix
29:11 Tameka talks about making sure everyone in the organization or anyone who encounters it would be touched by God
33:41 Rob asks Tameka about her why and what keeps her going on a day-to-day basis
33:59 Tameka shares how essential worship has been, how her baby girl keeps her going, and that her teen moms need her
35:55 Rob asks how listeners can show up and engage in H.E.A.R.T.S. work
36:17 Tameka encourages people to go to the website and subscribe to the newsletter, making donations, and following on social media
38:26 Tameka encourages people to support ReCity and how important it has been to be in that space
39:22 Conversation ends
39:28 Outro
Thank you to DJ Pdogg and Producer Lo Key for our awesome music throughout the show!
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Our hosts:
- Jes Averhart, cofounder of Black Wallstreet Homecoming
- Rob Shields, executive director of the Recity Network.
Our Producer:
- Ben Azevedo, owner of Bear Cave Audio
Our Editor
- Chris Pappalardo
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