John Layfield's People Changing the World: Recent Episodes
John Layfield
A podcast dedicated to people who are changing the world hosted by John Layfield. We can beat poverty, we can change generational cycles and I'll bring you the legends that are changing the world.
Seren Fryatt, founder of L.A.C.E.S., was named to 50 most inspirational people in sports alongside Muhammad Ali and Nelson Mandela due to her work in Liberia after the civil war and her work there with Ebola. Incredible story. Seren joins John Layfield on People Changing the World.
Melvin Cole made a pledge to God in prison-if he got out, he would return to Memphis and save kids lives that looked like him. He has fulfilled that promise every day since. Incredible story of the CEO of P.U.R.E. Youth Alliance, a group he founded, is breaking generational cycles using football. Incredible story and more incredible person.
Mark Crandall started Hoops4Hope Africa in 1994. The program now is changing the lives of 10,000+ kids annually in Zimbabwe and South Africa. The documentary of Ubuntu Matters was made about this program-and was the basis of the Celtic's 2008 NBA championship run with Doc Rivers as the head coach.
Mark Griffin turned down a promotion to start up a charity that would change thousands of lives in the inner cities, The story of Mark and Play Rugby USA on People Changing the World
Shane Young co founded Memphis Inner City Rugby in 2012. Since then, hundreds of thousands of dollars of scholarships have gone to its kids. In some of the worst child poverty in the USA-MICR is breaking generational cycles. A 100% High School graduation rate with 100% of youth going somewhere after High School (college, military or trade school). A positive story that will make you believe-that changing the world is not only possible, but happening.