Change-Makers: Reconnecting Bed-Stuy Men to Good Jobs

Midday on WNYC | Apr 2, 2018

As part of our Change-Makers Series, Father Jim O’Shea talks about his organization Reconnect Brooklyn, along with Efrain Hernandez, co-founder of Reconnect, and Shawn Moody, a young man employed at Reconnect's screen printing shop. Father Jim founded Reconnect to help disconnected young men in the Bedford Stuyvesant community seek employment and continue their education.

This segment is guest hosted by Jonathan Capehart.

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