For 35 years, Danny Bakewell served as President and CEO of the Brotherhood Crusade, a 50-year old grassroots organization with a vision of providing human and social services including educational enrichment & academic assistance services, arts & drama appreciation, at-risk youth prevention programs, life & social skills training, character development, employment readiness, access to cultural and artistic excellence. Through Bakewell’s leadership, he built the Brotherhood Crusade into a premier institution and oversaw the development of the Community and Economic Development Plan, which emphasized youth development from a social justice lens with an emphasis on youth with severe academic and socio-behavioral issues. Danny Bakewell retired in 2005, entrusting the leadership to Charisse Bremond Weaver, the first female President and CEO of the Brotherhood Crusade.
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