# Championing Community Leaders | Episode 29 (feat. Trae Watkins)

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Podcast: [Mended Futures | Presented By FIVE18 Family Services and Vision30](https://stenobird.com/podcast/mended-futures-presented-by-five18-family-services-and-vision30-7028697)
Published: 2025-05-01T13:00:54+00:00
Episode link: https://rss.com/podcasts/mendedfuturesfive18/2005274
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Duration seconds: 4098

## Resource

This week, we have the pleasure of being joined by Trae Watkins who is the Vice President for both the Community Development branch of the Bank Of The James and Grow A Future. We talk to Trae about going back to the basics of mentoring, creating systemic change, and leading a "purpose-driven life". We hope you enjoy! For more information about Grow A Future: https://www.growafuture.org/home Thank you to our sponsor, CarePortal! https://www.careportal.org/ At Five18 Family Services, our mission is to build communities of faithful relationships that ensure children are safe, and families are restored. Our vision is every child in a thriving family, supported by a faithful community. Together, we can make it possible, one child, one family at a time. If you would like to be apart of our mission and donate to us, visit: https://five18.org/ https://visionthirty.org/

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