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you have done l whole of good work in a short amount of time. we first met you a couple years ago and we were impressed by your work and commitment. tell us about good projects, >> it was the brainchild of the three of us. it was started in 2016 when we were still on the campus of georgetown university, and it has grown from a program in anacostia high school when we were trying to combat violence in that area to a larger program with the mayor's office and youth rehabilitation services ere we focus on the youth justice system. >> you have compelling personal stories and pretty challenging experiences in your you turned into real steppingstones. tell us about yours? >> i grow up in washington, d.c., southeastbe d.c. t

specific, and it was tough being born in the '90s. my dad did take part in the crack era, and the era where the violence was the highest in washington, d.c. and my mom had sickle cell anemia, and i had to make the decision to go on the streets like everybody lse i met in my life or do something else and i made that decision at 12 years old, and became the man of my house and played football, stuck inschool, and really overcame a bunch of different things including homelessness, poverty and violence. >> danny, your parents were very young and you call yourself a s statistical anomaly. >> yeah, i was 14 when my parents made a decision to

invest hair liv their lives in made sure i played spos and engaged with mentors and i was able to overcome. >> you met in school and were roommates? >> yeah, roommates, party planners and teammates. >> when did you come up with the plan this business? >> it washe fact that we knew we wanted to solve problems, and for us it c was justing up withm the best mechanat we could to solve problems and solve problems at scale, and danny came home one day wh two papers in his hand like, good, likes, i started a non-profit and for us coming out of college we knew that the options were not there immediately for us to go into the for-profit place, but we could go up and raise money and do products that we wanted to do. >> did you go inton georget

the same time and come out of the same time. >> no. we all finished together. starting was another story. we will save it for another show. good projects runshe gamut, education, economic opportunities and social opportunities. >> it's special to note that we focus on all of those things in every project we do, the flagship project we work with youth in a juvenile justice space and these kids are kaeudz that face a bunch of different g things in wasn, d.c. you including poverty, and they committed crimes, an take them out of the jails and put them back in the community and provideto m to figure out those problems and take them on a pathway to success, but not only do we do that for the you but families as well, and we have family a specialist

mentors working on all those things you mentioned. >> how did you decide to tackle poverty as anissue? >> we look at a lot of the factors o that affec communities, whether it's poor education or health disparities, and lack of access to food and nutritional meals, and so it's poverty and how can we combat all of those things on aevel of holistically attacks it. >> darius, incredible messenger is one, and what are the other two of your main re >> we have the credible messenger initiative, and troy highlighted some of t components of that, and we have good camps that started that first year inti anac and we are switching it up a little bit in ju, and as i mentioned, we have our good zone initiative

which we are operating with the ford foundation, and that'shhe big por the organization right now where we are putting a lot of the resources behind and fund-raiser on thursday, all the resources will go into that initiative and our goal was to work with the community in southwest and move families over the next few years a to pathway of sufficiency. >> we are talking about good projects and about good projects and we will continue right aft. c for 50 years, ker barrel has been making folks feel right at home, with meals like homestyle country fried steak, grandma's sampler, and our signature chicken n' dumplins. so, come on home to what you love. come on home to cracker barrel.

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welcome back. we're talking about good projects. the programs that are all offer are all free. >> yeah, they are. >> how do you do that? you must have amazing benefactors, partners? >> i think -- i know it's a motto we learned at our first summer camp. we were three guys at the time, 20, 21 years we had no money, unlike people

from your affluen backgrounds. our friends and family got us about $4,000. and as you know that's nothing you can start an organization on, andetlone one you want to service hundreds of kids,nd so going out and working with other non-profits and go into a ness saying this is a service i need, can you offer it to in our first year we had over partners in our summer camp? >> w were you partners other than ford? >> that's a small one. monk of america. mental sports is big in washington, d.c., and they have been amazing over the past fewa >> robert smith has been a huge mentor and funder. >> you have been working on new projects, and one is a pbs

podcast. tell us about that. w >>are really building out a platform inerms of what does the american dream mean to americans all over, so with our stories and backgrounds and us being young, we're playing the field and helping people talk about their differe stories. >> it's called chasing the dream and that's online, it's a pbs podcast, and you are also working on a book, darius. >> that was danny's idea. he came and said, man, we're writing a book, we have too many stories to tell. we happened to be in los angeles for three days, and we closed the doors and blinds and wrote a book in three days. >> three days? >> yeah. >> yes. >> it's a lot harder than it sounds. >> no, it sounds hard.>> yeah. >> now we are just a goingund and talking to different publishers figuring out who is going to be t best partner for

us going forward. a lot of content coming out of that. >> this is your second gala. tell u about it. >> april 11th, we are honoringt mayor in washington, d.c., and a political strategist down here in waon, and also honoring tom raffa who is big in good at donating, and here's the ticket. >> show them the ticket, >> it's going to be amazing. >> this was your invite. >> thank you. it's called the good gala. how much are the tickets? >> $500. >> unfor khtunately, we're sold

out. >> you are sold out? >> yes. >> the fund-raiser is important. this is how you do what you >> for us, it's celebrating our families, and for us it's reallr getting kids exposed to the different constituencies in the d.c. region, giving them a chance to beab comfo and speaking to different people and dressing up g and feeliat about themselves. everything we do is about they. commun we're happy to have it. >> do the kids come to the gala? yes., >> we have 50 coming. >> wete s up 50 kids for the event and have 120 performing in the show. h have four more days to go and we stille pieces we're pulling together. >> who came up with the good iand? you have done it a has taken off like >> it was brainstorming.

>> not brainstorming, just stpra strategies. we had this thing called strategies, and then we go, we have to do a non-profit, and we thought, let's make it simple and call it good projects, anda was our original logo in 2016. we told people about it, and they were like, i really like e good projects, and we went with that and blossomed from there. >> good projects, good gala, good guys, good camps. >>h, the good book. the good talks. there's so much goodontent being put out there. we live in a generation of over saturation of content and the question is for people starting off in business, what are you going to be differe? it's thegood, putting it on hats and shirts and the

forefront of our programs. it was done intentionally. if you google good projects, everybody, at home, we will be the first thing that comes up and all of it has been done thoug thoughtfully you all are dynamiu are really good >> we try. >> we try. >> lots of luck to you. >> thank you. >> ls of luck with the gala. next, montgomery county's 50 and over employment expo. we'll be rht back.

it is one of the biggest job expos in our on monday, april 15th in bethesda, technology and retail and more wil come together under one roof to put older

workers back to work. mickey gordon, who is assistant, ceo and senior development director of the jewish counsel, and maurice rosch. >> thank you for having us. >> how m dy years you havee this now? >> oh, many, many years. more years than we can count. it really is a labor of love because we put on this free expo so that seniors who are looking to re-enter the job market, either full time or part time work or seasonal employment ore temp emplo has a place to go in addition to all of the employers and rources there, we have seminars and one of your own, barbaraarrison is our keynote speaker this year.

>> you mentioned lots of employers. how many employers do you have coming? >> as of right now we have 51 employs registered, and they must have we just don't have people there to hand ou stuff to advertise their companies. if you go to ourebsite and stroll down to news and events, we list all the with the category of jobs they have. >> so people can check that out ahf time. >> exactly. it's worth their tpaoeuime to dt so they are prepared when they met with the hr reps. >> maurice, you have been attending the expo forye three s now. >> yes. >> tell us what the average employer today is looking for a worker over 50 >> somebody that can be working

and performing at a high level. when we look at our demographics from an organizational perspecte, a third of the workforce is over 50, and 9 times out of 10 it's about making themomrtable in applying or interviewing for the job, and they need to gain the level of cfidence to feel like they can contribute. >> most of the jobs today seem to be data driven technology-based. are mostor over-50rs prepared for those kinds of jobs? >> yes, they are. funny you say ecthat,se a lot of the jobs are not technology based but service based, and at the end of the day we provide svice and care to patients and families, and we can teach the technology. >> micki, you mentioned

the companies recruiting? >> this year we havels hospi retail organizations and the census bureau, they areor geari up 2020 and they are not just going door to door and knocking andg askquestions, these are going to be in-house , jobs as we and we have the board of elections, and county stat federal government agencies. we are pleased over the years we haty a varf jobs. they are not just entry level jobs, wplch p are always asking for. >> you have a variety of activities at the expo, and not just somebody coming with a resume l aking for job. >> we have resume reviewers and we keep the expo open an extra hour to meet e-on-one, which is helpful. then we have seminars, and we have linkedin seminar, and that

way people can tweak theirls sk we have one on age discrimination. a lot of people are nervous about going back into the job market. they might be interviewing with somebo the agef their child or grandchild. >> that cabe very int intimidating. wpl interests, they may want to start their own industry, and they get to meet people and talk and sit one-on-one and it's vere entrepial, which is what some could need. >> we are talking about the upcoming expo in montgomery county on april 15th. we'll be right back. stay with us. nothing says spring like fresh flowers,

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welcome back, we're talking about the over 50 expo coming up on april 15th. what kind of advice would you give somebody looking for a job with yourcompany? be comfortable and confident. have those conversations, have that dialogue. a lot of people are introverted and don't want to have a conv sation about whether the fit in, but they fit in. we are doing this for them. we have over 400 positions open, and so i guarantee we could find a a position. ju questions and we will give you the answers to assist you for yourre fu >> how many job seekers are you expecting? >> we have had,000 to 1,500 to 2,000. hopelly the weather will be good. i want to reiterate, it's freet ll job seekers, no preregistration. it's free to a vendors but we ask to preregister which they can be onlian, because i to

be prepared and have a table and site for them. >> volunoers need sign up quickly? >> yes, always looking for volunteers. they can go on website as well. >> barbara harrison, you said, is your keynote speaker. you also have dignitaries coming >> yes, we have the lieutenant government of maryland and acting secretary of labor of maryland, and ben carden, and there are not a lot ofth speech. e individuals will be recognized and then they can meet and greet with those attending, but the job seekers want to get into the ballroom and meet those hr people. >> do you have to be over 50? >> yes, this is the one -- >> do you check id? >> no. e have never turned anybo away. >> all right. >> so you do it inontgomery county, but there's also a over 50 expo in fairfax?

>> ye it's smaller venue, but we still get, 5, 6, 70 job seekers and a large number of employers and resources as well. >> that's april 15th. give us theio loc and time again. >> it's from 10:00 to 3:00 at the bethesda north marriott conference center, and you can go to our website on th news and events and you can see all about the expo and who is to be attending. >> thank you so much. >> thank you. >> it was our pleasure. thank y. that's "news4 your sunday." to see any of our programs log on to nbcwashtington.com. i am pat lawson muse. thank you for watching.

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