Ericka Alston-Buck's guest appearances

Ericka Alston-Buck

Female Trouble

Larger Than Yourself

Lane Harlan

Freeman Hrabowski

Laura Lippman

Kate Wagner

Leana Wen

Wendy Kopp

Donna Edwards

Joe Mechlinski

Brian Murray

Eric Jackson

Ashley Williams

Alex Smith

Erricka Bridgeford

Maria Thompson

Jessica Anya Blau

OwlTail

Ericka Alston-Buck is a divine force whose life work has been to amplify the voices of change agents and magnify the work being done by others to positively impact the world. In our conversation we discuss her being tested as a genius at eight years old, the weight of having her first child at 15, her recovery from being addicted to crack cocaine, her creating the Kids Safe Zone in response to the Freddie Gray uprising, and her burning question of Why is this all OK?

<p>Ericka Alston-Buck is a divine force whose life work has been to amplify the voices of change agents and magnify the work being done by others to positively impact the world. In our conversation we discuss her being tested as a genius at eight years old, the weight of having her first child at 15, her recovery from being addicted to crack cocaine, her creating the Kids Safe Zone in response to the Freddie Gray uprising, and her burning question of Why is this all OK?</p>

Ericka Alston-Buck: I Am Extraordinary

Ericka Alston-Buck does not sit around waiting for permission. In the wake of the unrest that followed the arrest and death of Freddie Gray last year, she saw a need in West Baltimore’s Sandtown-Winchester neighborhood -- and she filled it using a vacant laundromat. Ericka is now famous in that neighborhood for founding the Kids Safe Zone, a center where children and teenagers go to read, eat, study and play after school and during the summer. Ericka, who also serves as director of Youth Services, Violence Prevention ---- Community Outreach at the Penn-North Community Resource Center, talked about growing up in Baltimore, the unexpected founding of the Kids Safe Zone, balancing commitments to her work and her family, and exposing the children of West Baltimore to a world outside of what they know.

Ericka Alston-Buck, Kids Safe Zone founder (episode 21)