Get your ADVOCATE TEE here: https://www.youmatter2llc.com/shopCornelius Kirk (https://www.instagram.com/youmattertoday/) is a native of Kalamazoo Mi. He's a Product of a strong single mom who had me at 16. Cornelius was raised in Church and also became a Deacon for a time. Cornelius Worked in the furniture industry and was in leadership for most of his 20 years there. Now, he is a leader YM4C (Young Men For Christ - https://ym4c.org/ ) a non profit, works as a wake county public school vendor with students, Volunteers at A Place at the table (https://tableraleigh.org/), participates in the Barbershop tap sessions (https://tru-access.com/). And most importantly, Cornelius is a father of 4 and grandfather of 1. EDUCATE YOURSELF: White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racismhttps://amzn.to/2Xwx1ZLThe New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindnesshttps://amzn.to/370vSN3Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don't Knowhttps://amzn.to/2Y2pyAyThe Autobiography of Malcolm Xhttps://amzn.to/36Xijy3White Like Me: Reflections on Race from a Privileged Sonhttps://amzn.to/2ADp1wWHow the Irish Became White https://amzn.to/2MuegzHThey Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Ushttps://amzn.to/370YLZJI Know Why the Caged Bird Singshttps://amzn.to/2zYTci4So You Want to Talk About Racehttps://amzn.to/3dxfaHLMORE TO COME... About me: Insta- https://www.instagram.com/dougstewart919/Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dougstewart919/Web: DougStewart919.comI am a TEDx Presenter, TEDx Coach, Speaker, Story Teller, Dale Carnegie Instructor, and most importantly Advocate, Husband, and Father of 2.