Empowering Inner City Kids with Urban Youth Mentor Corey D. James

Published: June 21, 2016, 3 p.m.

b'Youth violence has been such a big topic in the news. Corey D. James is the founder and CEO of Painting Pictures Inc., a nonprofit organization dedicated to making an impact in the lives of disadvantaged youth. He has devoted his life and career to directly serving at-risk youth in urban communities as a youth mentor, group facilitator and motivational speaker.\\xa0\\n\\nA Franklin, NJ, native, James graduated from Cairn University in 2005 with a master\\u2019s of science in organizational leadership. He currently leads the NJ State University, Rutgers - Future Scholars program in Newark, NJ, a program dedicated to fostering students from urban communities into high-achieving college students.\\xa0\\n\\nJoin Corey James and me on Tuesday, June 21, 10-11 A.M. CT US. We will be discussing his passion in reshaping the lives of young men and women by empowering them to seek brighter futures in an inspiring new book, \\u201cPainting Pictures: Reframing the World of Inner-City Youth.\\u201d'