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Relational Toolshed: Carlos Nicasio – Gang Affiliated to Urban Advocate

Relational Toolshed: Carlos Nicasio – Gang Affiliated to Urban Advocate

Last updated on: July 14, 2017 at 7:00 am by Christian Podcast Central

Relational Toolshed: Carlos Nicasio – Gang Affiliated to Urban Advocate 2017-07-13T09:36:48-08:00 Christian Podcast Central

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Carlos Nicasio – Gang Affiliated to Urban Advocate

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This week in the “Shed” is our tool of the week –Carlos Nicasio

Carlos Nicasio - Gang Affiliated to Urban Advocate Carlos is the Founder of Concrete + Canvas, a nonprofit startup dedicated to leveraging resources to empower change and strengthen urban youth in under-resourced communities. Based in San Diego, California, he serves as a mentor, leader, life coach, and strategic thinker to youth workers and other leaders locally and around the nation. Passionate about this generation, driven to share his faith to inspire the young to succeed. He spearheads Concrete + Canvas’s mission to train and equips generation leaders to serve the urban poor to transform communities (concreteandcanvas.org)

Carlos is also the Executive Director of Staff Development for Urban Youth Collaborative developing next generation leaders for urban ministry work. (UYC.org)

In this episode Carlos shares his story…

”In 1985, I was a teenager in the midst of an emerging hip-hop generation. The era’s culture, music, art, fashion, and design was ingrained in me and fueled who I was becoming as a young, entrepreneurially minded man.

Quickly, I slipped into a lifestyle of illegal graffiti art, drugs, violence, and crime. My influences were west coast gangster rappers whose lyrics terrorized youth culture and threatened political movements. This threatened my future. For the next 10 years, I lived with no sense of purpose or direction, no desire to become anything, no understanding about life and consequences.

In 1997, after a weekend retreat, I was transformed; I encountered God. Since that moment, I have been on a mission to serve the needs of urban youth who live the same story I did. Unlike my experience at age 13, I want the church to give our youth direction away from the negative influences that bombard them. I want to change this reality for the youth of today.

At Concrete + Canvas, we are on a mission to reach a generation whose father figures, role models, and values are lost. Our work focuses on teaching teenagers practical leadership skills to empower them to make a difference in their communities and the world.

After dropping out of 9th grade and working dead-end jobs, I’ve since graduated from college, seminary, and various leadership programs. My story isn’t finished; I am committed to transforming our youth, offering the chance for them to lead and contribute to the growth and well being of our neighborhoods.”

We also discussed distinctives of urban youth work and tools everyday people can use to engage their communities in impactful ways.

“Do life with people that most people wouldn’t share any of their life with.” – Carlos Nicasio

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