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'Daredevill The Man Without....
HomeTown Hero I
Secret Origin
A healthy baby boy is is born to a single mother at Mt. Carmel East Hospital in the quiet predawn hours in the summer of 1956. The baby grew into a tall young man, an only child in a very large extended family.T. Wayne Gatewood lived in a large brick house in a west-side neighborhood known as The Hilltop (He would grow up there and move out some forty one years later). After his cousins, aunts, nieces and nephews, Mother and Grandmother and finally his three grown children moved on and time came for T. Wayne and his wife to find a smaller nest to settle into.
T. Wayne's formative years were filled with the contrast of the ugly fallout of civil rights to living with family and friends that acted as a buffer as mentors, companions, elders, who provided a profound love and handed him the mighty walking stick of the families traditions. T.Wayne's early journey included eating with his Grandmother Lizzie who prepared a meal they shared during the school lunch period, the fascination of learning carpentry from his Uncle Nate with the intoxicating smell of fresh wood and the skill and ease that several family members handled tools and created something from nothing. T.Wayne learned what it meant to be a Gatewood despite being called a clumsy slow learner and being chased home by small groups of white men looking to act out the toxic racism that fueled their rage and violence. It was a chaotic and confusing moment in history to navigate the choppy waters of adolescence. It is said that " A boy without a father is like a ship without a compass." Superpowers T.Wayne got involved with football and track at Columbus West High School and the tutoring at home and school took this slow learner to West Virgina University to study business and play offensive tackle in the 1975 Peach Bowl under legendary Coach Bobby Bowden. Wayne and his young wife both work to live in a small apartment with their baby girl. His scholarship was just enough to sustain his needs and money for rent, food, diapers and other essentials came from part-time work. T. Wayne graduated from W.V.U. with a business degree, a new ability to "learn how to learn" and a baby boy on the way. Along the way Wayne uncovered a natural talent for working with young people, an entrepreneurial mind, a love of professional speaking, training and a passion for carpentry. The moment these elements of his true self converged THE BUILDER emerged to give his hands, heart and head to crafting a Vision of a world where all people have access to use their superpowers to Build dreams and live in the hard, satisfying work of change. Labels: Action Hero, career satisfaction, cuttin grass, design, E.Q, Fatherhood, fear, local heroes, Multiple Intelligences Theory, parental expectations, THE BUILDER, Vocational Identity, youth
HeroTown Secret OriginA young couple driving from the East coast to California to start a family and anew life. The woman is in the third tri-mester of her pregnancy and after many hours on the road the car brakes down near Zanesville, Ohio. They use their last coins to fix the car and the man drops his pregnant girlfriend in Columbus to receive proper medical care and support while he sets up a home in California.
The women has a healthy red-haired son she names Christopher and moves in with family through Catholic Social Services. The women waits to be contacted by her betrothed and waits and waits...
With a heavy heart, the woman puts the infant for adoption because she feels that she does not have the means to provide for the child. After a short time in foster care the boy is adopted by a couple who live in Columbus, Ohio.
SuperPowersThe boy named Christopher grows up to be Community Action Hero David Yorka who attends school in Columbus at The Ohio State University. David spends the next two decades working in homeless shelters, housing projects, and developing a fascination with Career Formation and a passion for innovative solutions to eradicating poverty.
David unwraps his gift with the help of many wise mentors and associates. David utilizes his superpowers of vision, insight, compassion and creativity to work with others seeking to unwrap their gift. "SUPER POWERS ACTIVATE"Labels: Action Hero, community creatives, Multiple Intelligences Theory, story power, super powers, Vocational Identity, your media
HeroTown is alive and well
Way back in March of 2006 I posted my first HeroTown story. I decided to hop in the get back machine and pick up the trail , it was the first day of Spring three years back and I will deliver an installment once a week until I stop.
I am re- posting the original story and include two more this week because as De La Soul says "three is a magic number, yes it is... it's a magic number." Labels: Action Hero, comics, community creatives, mythology, super powers, your media, youth culture
Career Advice from a Comic Book
Daniel Pink unleashed a Conceptual Age book in his new publication "The Adventures of Johnny Bunko: The Last Career Book You Will Ever Need" Click on the blue title to see a review from Business Week.I like the article because it describes the unique features of a business book( the first of its' kind) done in the Japanese comic genre Manga. The article does not quite "get it" as it asked for specific career tips rather than bask in the wisdom and symbolic interpretation that any great mythic adventure provides.Head over to www.JohnnyBunko.com for info, suprises and a preview -- Than buy a book for a friend or colleague.Labels: Action Hero, Corporate Culture, cultural creative, design, local heroes, Manga
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