Shawn Harper is a former professional football player, author, entrepreneur, and motivational speaker known for turning adversity into achievement. Drafted into the NFL in 1992 by the Los Angeles Rams, he built a career marked by perseverance and determination. Despite facing dyslexia, a speech impediment, and academic challenges, he refused to let obstacles define his future. After football, he transitioned into leadership coaching and inspirational speaking, encouraging others to pursue excellence. Today, he travels nationwide sharing powerful messages about resilience, purpose, faith, and personal growth.  

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Joel Penton is the founder and CEO of LifeWise Academy, a nonprofit that provides Bible education to public school students during school hours through released-time religious instruction programs.

A former football player at Ohio State Buckeyes football, Joel is also a speaker, author, and community leader dedicated to youth development and faith-based education. He wrote the book During School Hours, which shares the vision and growth of LifeWise Academy  

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Anthony King has spent over a decade in education, moving from the classroom to the principal's office and now serving as a founder and consultant. His journey has shaped him to educate, inspire, expose, and empower our youth toward higher education. Anthony walks us through the "why" behind the organization, and how the idea of students as the majority stakeholders in education came to life. Stakeholders work best when students collaborate. 

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Ohio State Senator and longtime Columbus public servant. He served on the City Council, and later represented Ohio's 26th House in the Ohio House Representative. Craig is a U.S. Army veteran and has worked in youth services, community leadership, and nonprofit development.

He has served as Assistant Minority Leader as well.

Danella Hicks is the founder and executive director of All THAT – Teens Hopeful About Tomorrow, a nonprofit youth mentoring and enrichment program based in Columbus. 

All That mission is “To mentor teenaged youth in academic achievement, life skill development and career planning to succeed in school and beyond."

On today's episode of Turn Up With Charlie Davis, we sit down with Bert & Stephanie Lindsay of Linday Honda share about their balance in faith, family, and business and what success means to them now compared to when they first started. Bert shares about the Divine, Inspired, Download and Stephanie encourages the young women of today.

On this episode of Turn Up With Charlie Davis, I sit down with Pastor James Thornton Jr of Believe Christian Church, as shares about grief. 
Not to get over it, but to get through it. They follow the pattern of the early 
church in the book of Acts. As he expounds on the amazing partnership with TURN.

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On today's episode, I sit down with author, coach, speaker and entrepreneur Jeffery Price Jr. to discuss his latest book, 'Pioneering with Purpose', and how he leads with vision, focus and most importantly, PURPOSE.

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On Today's Epsiode, I sit down with Dr. George L. Fultz II shares his book YouthMac: A Blueprint for Transformative Youth Ministry. He published YouthMac as a resource aimed at helping youth workers rethink and strengthen their approach to ministry, focusing on practical strategies for transformation and engagement with young people.
We talk about how to reset and lead with fresh vision.

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Disciple. Restore. Inspire. Value. Empower. That's what people like Danny Nam do. Today on Turn Up with Pastor Charlie, I sit down with Danny to discuss community impact in Columbus, inspiring youth to strive for more and being a part of something so much bigger than yourself!

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