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Innovative Changemakers founder recounts path from juvenile system to youth mentoring programs

5442831 · July 22, 2025
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Brian Gatewood Sr., founder and president of Innovative Changemakers, described the nonprofit’s peer-mentorship, barbering and school-based programs and outlined plans for a future community empowerment center.

Brian Gatewood Sr., founder and president of Innovative Changemakers, discussed his personal journey and the nonprofit’s programs in an interview on the Tacoma Report broadcast.

Gatewood said his organization grew from his lived experience navigating the juvenile justice system and from seeing a lack of mentoring and prevention programs for youth. “I started thinking about how I could utilize my journey and the things that I’ve experienced to give back,” he said.

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