Against All Odds: Jim St. Germain's Journey From Juvenile Delinquency to Community Leader

After immigrating to the United States with his family at the age of ten, Jim St. Germain was met with the harsh reality that his hoped-for better life seemed nowhere to be found. But, after ending up in the juvenile justice system at fifteen, his life took a positive turn, defying the statistics of many children in similar circumstances. ABA Law Student Podcast host Meg Steenburgh talks with Jim about his book, A Stone of Hope: A Memoir , learning how mentors played a critical role in helping him forge a new path and eventually co-found Preparing Leaders of Tomorrow , a nonprofit organization that provides mentoring to at-risk youth in Brooklyn, NY. Jim St. Germain is an author, speaker, and cofounder of Preparing Leaders of Tomorrow (PLOT). Recently, Jim was a co-author of The Good Immigrant: 26 Writers Reflect on America . Thank you to our sponsor NBI .

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Against All Odds: Jim St. Germain's Journey From Juvenile Delinquency to Community Leader is an episode from ABA Law Student Podcast by Legal Talk Network.

This episode is 51:40 long.

This episode was published on Dec 14, 2020.

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