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Jared Barnett with Slingshot Memphis
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“A lot of people who grow up in an disadvantaged environment don’t grow up thinking they can be whatever they want to be because they aren’t exposed to specific opportunities.” This week’s episode of Just Bluffin features Jared Barnett from Slingshot Memphis, a local nonprofit. Slingshot Memphis’s mission is to ignite a movement that revolutionizes the way we fight poverty in Memphis. They help nonprofits enhance their poverty-fighting outcomes. He tells us about Memworks, a collaboration project with the Memphis Medical District and Slingshot. We also learn about his time in Ghana, where he worked in a tissue paper factory. Later, Jared tells us about his favorite memories with his children in his Memphis home.
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Just Bluffin’ is a Campfire Collective podcast co-hosted by Shannon Briggs and Cecilia Fay. It’s produced by Sophie Townsend and sponsored by Cecilia Fay Creative, and a part of the WYXR Podcast Network. The podcast is recorded in-studio at the University of Memphis in partnership with the Meeman Department of Journalism and Strategic Media. Artwork by Elizabeth Berglund. Music is by local Memphis musician and PR professional Jeff Hulett and audio editing is by Keep It 100 Productions. Photos by Erica Haskett.
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