How did a jobs proposal intent on helping people with criminal records gain employment grow into a go-to workforce development organization? The power of organized people is how. Turnaround Tuesday, the successful jobs movement embracing participants to recognize their own power, almost became the movement that never was. Find out how. Photo taken by @baltimurals of vacant homes before Rebuild Metro's rehabilitation and construction in the Oliver neighborhood. Higher Purpose is a 4 episode audiodocumentary series written, produced, and narrated by Yasmene Mumby. Audio production, mixing, and music score by Justin Mayfield.

Episode 2 - Power

What distinguishes Turnaround Tuesday from other workforce development efforts? It's a jobs movement for one, not a jobs program. A jobs movement focused on people, where participants feel valued and heard. How do they do what they do? Why is Turnaround Tuesday successful? Bear witness to this movement's way of being that leaves people whole again, standing in their greatness, restored of their dignity. Photo of @urbanhipsta "Learn, Grow, Evolve" taken by @baltimurals. Higher Purpose is a 4 episode audiodocumentary series written, produced, and narrated by Yasmene Mumby. Audio production, mixing, and music score by Justin Mayfield.

Episode 3 - Dignity

What follows is a counter to the narrative about the people of Baltimore. It's the story of Turnaround Tuesday -- the jobs movement for and with Baltimore’s residents who have been excluded from earning a living, years after incarceration. It's the story of change hidden beneath the headlines about our city. It's a story of Baltimore that only Baltimore can tell. 

And we intend to tell it like it is. 

Higher Purpose is a 4 episode audiodocumentary series written, produced, and narrated by Yasmene Mumby. Audio production, mixing, and music score by Justin Mayfield.

Mural Art: "However Far the Stream Flows, It Never Forgets It's Source" by Tom Miller at 1339 E North Ave in Baltimore, MD. Cover art by Ed Ryan.