Central | Youth and Families
Joseph Black – With passion running through his veins, Joe fell prisoner to the belief that change could be systematic. Unsure of how to accurately pursue such a vision he blindly and selflessly began to offer his love for people through his works as a social servant addressing issues such as truancy, drug prevention, mental health, literacy, and social justice. While being thoroughly invested in the need to support the young men of Central, Joe has plans to support them further by creating a peer to peer mentoring program that will instill basic principles including accountability, respect, patience and the value of hard work. Those young men would then become mentors for their peers thereby creating a continuum of peer support. Currently Joe is working in the Central community as the Neighborhood Engagement Manager for the Sisters of Charity Promise Initiative. He is also a member of the Men of Central
