theforcedpivot with Guest David C. Miller

theforcedpivot with Antoine Medley

theforcedpivot Podcast welcomes David C. Miller. Miller shares his "Pivot Stories" both professionally and personally. Miller shares how traumatic events in his life put him on his journey to help black men and boys.

Baltimore native, David Miller, has received international acclaim for Dare to Be King: What If the Prince Lives. A Survival Workbook for African American Males, a thought-provoking, 52-week curriculum teaching adolescent males how to survive and thrive in toxic environments.

Armed with a Bachelor’s degree from The University of Baltimore and a Master’s degree from Goucher College, Miller frequently leads intergenerational conversations with men and boys focused on, boyhood, fatherhood, parenting, mental health, managing anger, decision making, healthy relationships, and alternatives to violence. Miller has provided extensive training for youth development and mentoring organizations in the U.S. and Canada.

Currently, a Ph.D. student in the School of Social Work at Morgan State University with a concentration on Black fathers, Miller has written several children’s books, including Khalil’s Way, The Green Family Farm, Gabe & His Green Thumb & They Look Like Me (coloring book). Other books he’s written include Lessons We Learned from Our Fathers, Raising Him Alone (Strategies for Single Mothers Raising a Male Child), and Healing the Healer: Self-Care Manual for Professionals in the Field (in press Fall 2020).

Miller is a 2020 Study Abroad Fulbright Scholar focused on Ghana (West Africa). An effort through the U.S. State Department and the University of Ghana.

Miller is married and raising three children in Washington, DC.

The episode is loaded with stories of how trauma can help us find and follow our passions each day.

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