Rise From The Ashes

Chanda Spates went from needing a babysitter for her suicidal son to building the largest youth mental health summit in US history.

Every 11 minutes, someone dies by suicide in America. One in four are children.

Chanda's solution? Do something every 11 minutes to save them.

Her Olympic Stadium event on May 23rd-24th will be streamed globally on gaming and music platforms—meeting kids exactly where they are.

This is how one mom&apo...

Chanda Spates needed a babysitter for her 17-year-old son.

Not because he was immature because severe bullying had led to a suicide attempt and she was terrified to leave him alone.

Her desperate Facebook post asking for help went viral and revealed a shocking truth: she wasn't alone.

Today, Chanda's Flourish Foundation Project is revolutionizing suicide prevention by meeting kids where they actually are—spending 7-8 hours a...

Dr. Eugene Manley was hospitalized 20-30 times a year until he was 10.

Chronic asthma. Anaphylactic allergies. A father battling emphysema.

Most kids would be broken by this. Eugene was forged by it.

Today, those brutal experiences became his superpower driving him to revolutionize healthcare access for underserved communities through his award-winning SCHEQ Foundation.

This is how pain becomes purpose, and struggle becomes strength.

Dr. Eugene Manley has three degrees and couldn't get a job.

This mechanical engineer, biomedical engineer, and molecular biologist discovered the brutal truth: academia teaches you everything except how to succeed outside academia.

Growing up first-generation in Detroit, watching his family struggle with healthcare, he saw the devastating gaps in medical access for underserved populations.

Now he's fighting back through the ...

Steven Clarke's mother died broke.

But before she left, she whispered something that would dismantle billion-dollar industries: "Always give first."

Impossible advice from a woman who had nothing to give.

Today, that death-bed wisdom is feeding millions, housing the homeless, and proving that the most revolutionary business models don't come from Harvard MBA programs they come from the brutal classroom of poverty.

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Steven Clark grew up so poor that some days, his family "did without."

But his mother taught him something that would eventually change everything: "Always give and help other people first."

It seemed impossible. How do you give when you have nothing? How do you help others when you can barely help yourself?

Steven didn't understand it then. He was too busy escaping poverty through hockey, building a successfu...

After 16 years in business, Kim Speed was getting bored. The entrepreneur who had transformed from corporate creative director to successful brand builder was feeling stagnant, looking for "something new that I'm interested in."

Then AI arrived. And everyone said it would destroy small businesses like hers.

Instead, it made her feel like superwoman.

"As a small business owner, it has made me feel like superwoman,&q...

What happens when losing everything you've worked for becomes the best thing that ever happened to you?

Kim Speed spent 20 years building her dream career as a creative director for global brands like Coca-Cola, Ford, and Toyota. She had the title, the salary, the recognition - everything she thought she wanted.

Then 2008 hit. The recession destroyed her agency. Her corporate identity vanished overnight.

But something shocking ha...

What happens when losing your children means losing yourself completely? After four devastating deaths, Vickie Menendez faced something even more terrifying than grief - she became nobody.

"When my kids passed away, it's like that identity was dissolving," she admits. "Even though I still had my son with my second husband, it's like when you lose those things, like you lose your home, you lose your job, you ...