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Wes Moore (born 1978) is an American author, social entrepreneur, producer, political analyst, and decorated US Army officer. He is the author of The Other Wes Moore and The Work, both of which are New York Times Bestsellers. He was also the host for Beyond Belief on the Oprah Winfrey Network and the Executive Producer/ Writer for Coming Back with Wes Moore on PBS.
Currently, Wes is the Founder and CEO of BridgeEdU. BridgeEdU is a social enterprise dedicated to reinventing the Freshman Year and creating a softer on-ramp to higher education for students entering their freshman year of college.
Moore was born in Maryland to father Westley, a journalist and newscaster, and mother Joy, a native of Lowe River, Jamaica. When Moore was three, he witnessed his father’s death. After his father’s passing, Wes’s mother took him and his two sisters to live in the Bronx with their grandparents.
While there, and with a lot of sacrifice, Wes attended Riverdale Country School. At Riverdale, Wes encountered academic and disciplinary struggles. When Wes’s grades declined and he became involved in petty crime, his mother enrolled him in Valley Forge Military Academy.
Oprah Gail Winfrey, born January 29, 1954, is an American media proprietor, talk show host, actress, producer, and philanthropist. She is best known for her talk show The Oprah Winfrey Show, which was the highest-rated program of its kind in history and was nationally syndicated from 1986 to 2011. Dubbed the "Queen of All Media", she has been ranked the richest African-American of the 20th century, the greatest black philanthropist in American history, and is now North America's first and only multi-billionaire Black. Several assessments regard her as the most influential woman in the world. In 2013, she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama and honorary doctorate degrees from Duke and Harvard.
Winfrey was born into poverty in rural Mississippi to a teenage single mother and later raised in an inner-city Milwaukee neighborhood. She has stated that she was molested during her childhood and early teens and became pregnant at 14; her son died in infancy. Sent to live with the man she calls her father, a barber in Tennessee, Winfrey landed a job in radio while still in high school and began co-anchoring the local evening news at the age of 19. Her emotional ad-lib delivery eventually got her transferred to the daytime-talk-show arena, and after boosting a third-rated local Chicago talk show to first place, she launched her own production company and became internationally syndicated.
Author Wes Moore reveals the powerful words that can help you reclaim your self-confidence. For more on #supersoulsunday, visit http://bit.ly/1tNw5dg Find OWN on TV at http://www.oprah.com/FindOWN SUBSCRIBE: http://bit.ly/1vqD1PN About SuperSoul Sunday: SuperSoul Sunday is the multi-award winning series that delivers a timely thought-provoking, eye-opening and inspiring block of programming designed to help viewers awaken to their best selves and discover a deeper connection to the world around them. Recognized by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences with two Daytime Emmy awards, Super Soul Sunday features all-new conversations between Oprah Winfrey and top thinkers, authors,visionaries and spiritual leaders exploring themes and issues including happiness, personal fulfil...
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Author, U.S. military verteran and youth advocate Wes Moore discusses why a life lived in service to others is truly a life well-lived.
Wes Moore joined the US Army to pay for college, but the experience became core to who he is. In this heartfelt talk, the the paratrooper and captain—who went on to write "The Other Wes Moore"—explains the shock of returning home from Afghanistan. He shares the single phrase he heard from civilians on repeat, and shows why it's just not sufficient. It's a call for all of us to ask veterans to tell their stories — and listen. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes (or less). Look for talks on Technology, Entertainment and Design -- plus science, business, global issues, the arts and much more. Find closed captions and translated subtitles in many la...
Author Wes Moore reveals why he made the risky decision to walk away from his job and return to his beloved Baltimore determined to give back. For more on #supersoulsunday, visit http://bit.ly/1tNw5dg Find OWN on TV at http://www.oprah.com/FindOWN SUBSCRIBE: http://bit.ly/1vqD1PN About SuperSoul Sunday: SuperSoul Sunday is the multi-award winning series that delivers a timely thought-provoking, eye-opening and inspiring block of programming designed to help viewers awaken to their best selves and discover a deeper connection to the world around them. Recognized by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences with two Daytime Emmy awards, Super Soul Sunday features all-new conversations between Oprah Winfrey and top thinkers, authors,visionaries and spiritual leaders exploring the...
Wes Moore at The Aspen Ideas Festival 2011.
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On Thursday, Dec. 3, 2015, Wes Moore was a panelist at The Connecticut Forum, "Racism," with Morris Dees, Antonio Villaraigosa, Jessica Williams, and moderator Michele Norris. In this clip, Moore shares his desire to live not in a "post-racial" America, but rather a "post-racist" America.
Two kids named Wes Moore were born blocks apart within a year of each other. Both grew up fatherless in similar Baltimore neighborhoods and had difficult childhoods; both hung out on street corners with their crews; both ran into trouble with the police. How, then, did one grow up to be a Rhodes Scholar, decorated veteran, White House Fellow, and business leader, while the other ended up a convicted murderer serving a life sentence? Wes Moore, the author of this fascinating book, sets out to answer this profound question. In alternating narratives that take readers from heart-wrenching losses to moments of surprising redemption, The Other Wes Moore tells the story of a generation of boys trying to find their way in a hostile world.
Rhodes Scholar and best-selling author, Wes Moore, shares the profound advice that made him realize that pursuing a path without passion only leads to an ordinary life. For more on #supersoulsunday, visit http://bit.ly/1tNw5dg Find OWN on TV at http://www.oprah.com/FindOWN SUBSCRIBE: http://bit.ly/1vqD1PN About SuperSoul Sunday: SuperSoul Sunday is the multi-award winning series that delivers a timely thought-provoking, eye-opening and inspiring block of programming designed to help viewers awaken to their best selves and discover a deeper connection to the world around them. Recognized by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences with two Daytime Emmy awards, Super Soul Sunday features all-new conversations between Oprah Winfrey and top thinkers, authors,visionaries and spiri...
IAVA Board Member and author Wes Moore talks about his recently released book "The Other Wes Moore," which tells the true story of two boys with the same name―one becomes the first African-American Rhodes Scholar ever from Johns Hopkins University, while the other serves a life sentence in prison. For more information visit www.IAVA.org/WesMoore
Wes Moore, combat veteran and former White House Fellow discusses his book, "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates," presented by Harvard Book Store. In 2000 in Baltimore, Wes Moore, a Rhodes Scholar, read a newspaper article about another Wes Moore -- one who had been charged with murder and robbery. Despite their similar upbringing, the two men took very different paths in life. Moore started corresponding with the other, imprisoned Wes Moore and relates a tale of how choices can lead to astonishingly different destinies. Moore also discusses resources for at-risk youth. More lectures at http://forum-network.org This talk was taped on May 17, 2010.
IAVA Board Member and author Wes Moore discusses his recently released book "The Other Wes Moore," the true story of two boys with the same name―one becomes the first African-American Rhodes Scholar ever from Johns Hopkins University, while the other serves a life sentence in prison. For more information visit http://theotherwesmoore.com.
A story of one name & two fates: One boy grew up to be a Rhodes Scholar, decorated combat veteran, White House Fellow, and business leader. The other is serving a life sentence in prison for felony murder. Here is the story of two boys and the journey of a generation.
This video was produced by the Veterans Vocational Training Program at the CPBN Learning Lab
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