By Dr. Ferrell Miller
JC Breakfast Optimist Club
The JC Breakfast Optimist Club met at Jim Clark’s Chevrolet showroom on August 21 to hear from Brewel Currie on the work being done by Street Prophets. Brewel is a Junction City High School graduate and is the founder/CEO and speaker for the Street Prophets.
He told the Optimists that he “grew up in a working-class home”. Brewel struggled as a youth with morals, working up to his potential in school, and following his parent’s rules and guidance. At one point during his rebellious years he ended up in jail. It was at that point in his life that Brewel found God and decided it was more important to see others do good. He learned that life was not just about him and his wants, but about helping others.
Brewel mentors in prisons, gives motivational speeches to sports teams, mentors youth at the Geary County Juvenile Detention Center and at the Job Corps Center in Manhattan and other places where there is a need. While at Job Corps, Brewel kept asking himself and his God “why was he being put there?” He believed the answer was that he should “stop praying about this – he was put there for a reason.”
Brewel believes in encouraging youth and adults to “not worry about what people think, but do God’s work, empower yourself and build on your potential - but also put in the work” it takes to continuously improve.
Mr. Currie also shared he believes “we are living in challenging times and it is important to stay focused on the good in others and the world.” We all need to work together to improve ourselves and help others do the same.
The JC Breakfast Optimist Club meets every Wednesday at Jim Clark’s Chevrolet showroom. Meetings are open to everyone beginning with a light breakfast at 6:30 AM. The meeting begins at 6:50 AM and concludes at 7:30 AM.