Season Two, Episode 32: Darius Baxter, The Selfish Giver

Neurotic Nourishment

Season Two, Episode 31: Darius Baxter, The Selfish Giver Darius Baxter, CEO of GOODProjects, has made a vow to get 500 families out of poverty by 2030, and he thinks he is selfish. Because he enjoys giving to people, he enjoys empowering the impoverished community of South West Washington, D.C., and he enjoys paving the way for children in the projects to find a way out of the pattern they were born into. Darius is a fellow Georgetown alum, who met his best friends and co-founders in college. All three men grew up poor, with a childhood that could have left anyone traumatized. In Darius’s case, his father’s murder when he was 9-years-old resulted in being homeless, as his schoolteacher mother struggled to make ends meet. In 2016 GOODProjects began a summer camp to keep children off the streets and out of harm’s way, and employed older teens as counselors, to work and mentor these campers, or Dreamers, as they are referred to. Dreamers are fed three times a day and engage in academic enrichment, as well as fun and trauma counseling. In 2020, GOODProjects also began to pair Family Success Managers with the parents of the Dreamers in order to guide them towards self-sufficiency and out of poverty. This non-profit has done great things, and at 25-years-old, Darius is only at the beginning of the amazing work he will do throughout his life. For more information on how you can help, visit www.goodprojects.organd be sure to follow Darius on Instagram @Darius Baxter or @GOODProjectsDC and on Twitter @DariusiBaxter --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/neuroticnourishment/support