Empowering Youth to Become Advocates for Change with Mai Moore

Welcome back to another great episode of the Dear BLK CEO Podcast.

We have a responsibility to champion our youth if we want to see change. Mai Moore believes that they are not just the future, they are the present! Concerned about the prevalence of poverty-level living environments, the disconnect between society and resources, and the extent of violence among African-American children prompted Mai to take action and become the Co-Founder and executive director of EYEJ, a non-profit organization empowering youth exploring justice. In this episode Mai sheds light on the importance of diversity, equity and inclusion as well as gaining the necessary support to drive it. 

Let’s dive right into Mai’s incredible story and how she is being a voice for change while empowering youth to do the same.

Empowering Youth to Become Advocates for Change:

[00:01 – 07:11] Opening Segment 

• I welcome the Mai Moore to the show
• • Bio 
• What drives Mai to become part of the solution 
• • Originally from OH 
  • Background in the Tech industry 
  • Seeing a toxic environment among women in corporate 
  • Noticing a divide among communities 
  • Feeling called to make change 
  • The premise of EYEJ

[07:12 – 19:56] Empowering Youth to Become Advocates for Change

• Navigating the challenges of a Change Maker
• • Dealers of hope 
  • Learning to pull each other
  • Empowering the youth is the key to success
• Driving change in communities 
• • Let’s be holistic and preventative 
  • Gaining support from local governments
  • The truth is here and everyone needs to get involved

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[19:57  – 27:44] Driving Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Through Unity

• Gaining support from corporations 
• • An opportunity to invest back into the community
  • Stipulations that are often interjected 
  • The importance of relationship building 
• It’s time to unite not divide 
• • America is a leader, we need to demonstrate
• Mai shares about the 501C3 funding situation 
• • How to move forward strategically 
  • Uniting with non-profit organizations
• What keeps Mai going through the struggles 
• • Motivated by young people 
  • The passion of the team 
• How to get connected with EYEJ
• • Links below 

  [27:45 – 29:11] Random Round

• How to keep your dream alive?
• • Just keep going 
• Negative stereotype of minorities that needs to end?
• • Generalizing that minority is ‘negative’ 
• Advice for non-profit organizations to be proactive
• • Be open and listen 
  • Support others in the process
• How to connect to Mai
• • Links below 
• Final words 

Tweetable Quotes:

“I never actually thought I’d be working with youth, I never thought I’d be doing anything about social justice, non-profit… but I had a calling.” – Mai Moore

“We need to empower our youth, that’s our duty as humans… Everyone says ‘they’re our future’ – they’re our now!” – Mai Moore

Reach out to Mai on Instagram and Twitter. You can get in touch by emailing mai@eyej.org. Make sure you check out https://eyej.org/ and be a part of driving social justice reform.

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