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The Light Watkins Show

206: He Went From Being a One-Man Food Bank to Starting a Movement: The Story of Joseph Bradford III and The B.A.R.E. Truth (Replay)

The Light Watkins Show

Light Watkins

Self-improvement, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture, Education

4.9960 Ratings

🗓️ 8 May 2024

⏱️ 99 minutes

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Summary

In this week’s episode of The Light Watkins Show, we revisit Light’s conversation with Joseph Bradford III about how the challenges of his childhood led him to dedicate his life to helping the homeless. Joseph started a non-profit called B.A.R.E. Truth, an organization that provides mentorship, independent living assistance, and wellness services to impoverished individuals and families. By helping them attain healthy, purpose-driven lives, Joseph ultimately changed the economic and livi...

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0:00.0

After working all these in jobs, I remember crying in Griffith Park to the alarm I wanted to go.

0:07.0

And she told me, literally, she said your job is not done yet. and I didn't understand what she meant.

0:14.8

That kind of stuck with me like my job is not done.

0:18.8

And so now this became like my job and kind of were

0:23.8

infatuated with it because of my natural desire is to help people.

0:29.6

So that personality test when I was in high school about being a doctor helping people is still daycare.

0:36.0

That's at the core of who I am.

0:38.0

Me being the oldest, as much as I hated being the oldest, but like I do get joy taking care and making sure people are good.

0:46.5

Even though I hated it, you know, and I used to run away from that responsibility, but like it wouldn't leave me because that's at the core that's who I am.

1:00.0

Hey friend, welcome back to the Light Watkins show I'm Light Watkins and I have

1:05.4

conversations with ordinary folks just like you and me who've taken extraordinary

1:10.8

leaps of faith in the direction of their path, their purpose, or what they've identified as their mission in life.

1:18.0

And in doing so, they've been able to positively impact and inspire the lives of many other people who've either heard about their story

1:24.8

or who witness them in action or people who directly benefited from their work.

1:30.7

The goal of these episodes is to expose you to as many people as possible who

1:35.2

found their path and to humanize them in their story. And after hearing all of these stories,

1:41.5

eventually, hopefully, you give yourself permission to move further in the direction of whatever feels like your path and your purpose because what you'll see is that anyone who does that has had to overcome many of the same obstacles that you might

1:55.1

be facing today.

1:57.4

And this week I am re-erring my conversation with Mr. Joseph Bradford, who started a nonprofit called Bear Truth.

2:06.0

Joseph is a Kansas City native who grew up with a young single mother.

2:11.0

He was the oldest of five siblings. His father actually passed away when Joseph was only seven years old and that event catapulted him into the role of man of the house where Joseph found himself cooking and babysitting and helping to take care of his younger siblings at a very young age himself.

2:29.0

And later, their house burned down and he and his siblings spent several months in a shelter for battered women where

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