Beyond Podcast With Felicia Shakespeare

Vondale Eugene Singleton Sr. was born on the Southside of Chicago. After overcoming the death of his mother who struggled with crack-cocaine throughout her life, an incarcerated father throughout high-school, and the negative influences of the Ida B. Wells Housing projects, he beat the odds, becoming a first-generation college student earning his Bachelors of Science Degree in Elementary Education and his Master’s Degree in Marital and Family Therapy from Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, OK. He credits his mentor, Steven Robertson as the person who invested in him sacrificially to help him  become the man he is today.The last 16 years he has worked as an advocate in primary, secondary, and higher education, as both a teacher and administrator. He believes that “salvation plus education is an unbeatable combination.” He started C.H.A.M.P.S. for young men in an effort to mentor young men with similar circumstances.  He helped organize the Award Winning Music Video at the White House Film Festival, which landed