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Tracey Syphax on Growing Through Incarceration

August 18th, 2021

Grow Through It: Legal Issues, Incarceration

Tracey Syphax, serial entrepreneur and author of From the Block to the Boardroom, describes a childhood filled with traumatic experiences that led to drug use, stealing cars, drug dealing, getting shot, and spending 7 years in prison. He turned his life around after reading the bible twice—cover to cover—in solitary confinement, developing a strong faith, and believing that God saved him. Syphax says that the possible is always possible. If he could go from the crackhouse to the White House, anyone can find their purpose and passion in life.

Jeffrey Veatch on Losing a Child to a Drug Overdose

Grow Through It: Loss & Grief

Jeffrey Veatch talks about losing his son Justin to an accidental drug overdose and growing through it by finding a way to turn his tragedy around and do good for others. Veatch created a school talk to tell Justin’s story and help students protect themselves and their friends.