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The Conscious Connect: Advancing Local Literacy

WYSO | By Jerry Kenney
Published August 8, 2016 at 3:05 PM EDT
The Concious Connect

The Conscious Connect, is a "cultural renaissance and street revitalization" organization founded in 2015. Their mission is to mobilize neighborhoods around urban education and literacy.  The two young men behind the non-profit—Moses Mbeseha and Karlos Marshall—are eager to fulfill that mission.

In this WYSO Weekend excerpt, Mbesha and Marshall talk more their mission, what's behind it, and other programs they have underway.

The Conscious Connect founders: Moses MBeseha (left) and Karlos Marshall.
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The Conscious Connect founders: Moses MBeseha (left) and Karlos Marshall.
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Jerry Kenney
Jerry began volunteering at WYSO in 1991 and hosting Sunday night's Alpha Rhythms in 1992. He joined the YSO staff in 2007 as Morning Edition Host, then All Things Considered. He's hosted Sunday morning's WYSO Weekend since 2008 and produced several radio dramas and specials . In 2009 Jerry received the Best Feature award from Public Radio News Directors Inc., and was named the 2023 winner of the Ohio Associated Press Media Editors Best Anchor/News Host award. His current, heart-felt projects include the occasional series Bulletin Board Diaries, which focuses on local, old-school advertisers and small business owners. He has also returned as the co-host Alpha Rhythms.
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