Men in the Arena with Matt Kovatchis & MD

048 - Non-Profit Founder & Executive Jamyle Cannon on the Intersection Between Boxing & Youth Mental Health

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Guest Jamyle Cannon joins the Men in the Arena to discuss:

  • His troubled childhood and growing up in the inner city of Chicago
  • Boxing as an outlet & how it acted as a tool to help self-regulate
  • The founding of The Bloc
  • The most challenging + most prideful moments in his life
  • Experience with therapy & how it's served him
  • Becoming a father and how it's transformed his outlook and purpose in life


    • Jamyle is the Founder and Executive Director of The Bloc. He is the 2009 National Collegiate Boxing Champion and a Teach for America Alumni member. In 2016, after building a popular boxing program in his classroom, Jamyle combined his love for youth development, boxing, and education to form The Bloc.


    He has been recognized as a 2022 Luminary Award winner, CNN Hero, a 4-star Chicagoan by Windy City Live, an Economic Game Changer by the New Covenant Community Development Corporation, and profiled as one of the Hardest Working Voices in Sports by Chicago-Sun Times.


    The Bloc is a non-profit Chicago gym using boxing to transform the lives of the city's youth.


    https://theblocchicago.org/


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