🔥 Quotable Moment: “My positionality had to change from believing that I could stop this to can I reduce this? Because I now know I can reduce instead of stop, it enables me to sleep at night. If I can save one young buck other there, then I’m a good man.”

In this episode of Everyday Leadership, I am joined by Craig Pinkney, Criminologist, Urban Youth Specialist and Chief Executive of SOLVE: The Centre for Youth Violence and Conflict.

Craig has over 20 years of experience as an outreach worker, transformational speaker, international gang exit strategist, training facilitator, mentor and filmmaker.

He is internationally known for working with some of the country’s most challenging young people, potential high-risk offenders, victims of gang violence and youth who are deemed most hard to reach.

In today’s episode, we learn more about Craig’s journey from his upbringing, being diagnosed with dyslexia and autism during his undergraduate degree to his important work as a youth worker and building SOLVE.

Episode chapters:

✅ Being diagnosed with dyslexia and autism at university

✅ Childhood reflections & influences

✅ From no GCSEs to completing his PHD

✅ The crucial role of mentorship

✅ Bridging the Gap between academia & the street

✅ The ethics of research

✅ Navigating Trauma & self-care

✅ Understanding privilege

✅ Challenging hyper-masculinity & building community

Don’t forget to connect:

Connect with Craig

LinkedIn| SOLVE

Connect with Sope

Website | Youtube | Instagram | LinkedIn

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