And welcome to another episode of the Bakari Cellars Podcast.

Today I got one of the smartest people that I know.

Somebody who was out there changing the game in many different areas and fields

Justin Gibboni. What's happening my brother? How are you?

Man, ain't nothing to it. Glad to be here. Thanks for having me.

Man, let's first talk about, man, who is your barber?

I mean you got the fresh lineup.

We got to give, shout out to whoever Justin's barber is.

Shout out to KB, for sure.

That's what it is.

We start each one of our shows by having our guests walk us through the arc of their careers and like me you're a lawyer by practice and you've done a lot of political work over the years in Atlanta. You're also a minister. And now you're a nonprofit executive and advocate with the

and campaign. Walk us through the arc of your career and how each of those

experiences have shaped the work that you do.

Yeah, so it definitely starts with faith for me. I was raised in the church.

My mom was a preacher's kid, and then I grew up in Denver, Colorado looking up to

elected officials like Mayor

Wellington Webb, state Senator Regis Groff.

These were leaders that I could see myself in, you know, and model my politics after.

Then you have my grandfather who was just a civil rights era preacher.

So the whole ethic of speaking the truth to power,

fighting for what's right regardless of the consequences was kind of ingrained in me early on.

I ended going to Vanderbilt University studying social policy and philosophy, played football

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