3rd Party Podcast Season 03 EP 01 Ameen Akbar Youth Advocate Professional

0:00 Invite to Subscribe & Intro 1:49 Honoring your father (Patrick 12X) 5:25 What’s in a name 9:19 Turn the desk over type guy 10:58 Obligation to share 11:33 Introvert/extravert 12:45 Not even water - Fasting during Ramadan and leadership through example 14:23 Micro aggressions 15:17 How you show up and why you show up 17:26 “The health and safety of young people is tied to the adults in their life” 18:44 The sacrifice 23:29 Thoughts on thePhilly Muslim boom 30:36 The choice to be Muslim 33:51 Pathway to advocacy 36:36 Bad interview leads to a great opportunity/ growth at youthbuild 39:33 Dealing with loss 40:36 Defining Youth Build 43:37 Representation matters 44:30 Every Thug wanna be Hugged 47:30 Paying attention to that inner voice 48:19 A reconciliation of words with actions 53:52 “When least expected you will be elected” 54:11 …beauty is when you are done the struggle 54:46 Girl Dad things 56:35 Being the parent of someone special 58:56 Privilege of being a Father to daughters 1:00:15 Parents expectations of the first child 1:03:13 Vulnerability 1:04:10 Questions