95: Kevin Element Livingston on What Inspired Him To Give Out 100 Suits to 100 Young Men and How He Navigated The Struggles of Following His Purpose

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Light Watkins

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

4.9 • 960 Ratings

🗓️ 16 March 2022

⏱️ 40 minutes

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In this show, we welcome Kevin Element Livingston, the heart and mind behind the amazing 100 Suits program, and someone who has taken an idea and run with it, fueled by a lot of belief and willpower. We hear from Kevin about his early years in New York City, growing up in Jamaica, Queens, and the difficulties he had in high school that led to him being kicked out. He talks about the job he got as a bank teller and how he started to collect suits from wealthy customers to provide for his ...

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0:00.0	I'm the type person that would tighten my belt before I ask for help, but I still kept going.
0:07.5	You know, there's a picture of me in 2016 leading a march of 500 people in Jamaica because of two unsolved murders by people in our community.
0:17.7	Everybody jumps in the marches when police do it, but we very rarely march when we do it to
0:21.5	ourselves.
0:22.6	And so, led that march.
0:25.3	A lot of people don't know that night,
0:26.6	I had no place to go home until.
0:27.6	I slept in JFK Parkall at that night.
0:29.6	Never forget it.
0:30.6	So when I look at that picture,
0:32.1	it just shows me how far I came.
0:34.0	Hey there, it's Light Watkins.
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