On this episode of Get with the Times, we hear from Breon Boyd, founder of Danville Restoring Our Community (DROC). This nonprofit organization has been working to help build community and connection in Danville for the past nine years.

Topics discussed include:

• Roots of the breakdown in our community, including broken families and the systemic removal of Black fathers from the household
• Discipline, respect, and self-love as catalysts for connection
• The importance of teaching and modeling emotional regulation to our kids
• The role of community leaders and law enforcement in helping to strengthen the community
• Ways Danville has changed over the past nine years
• Love as the root of community