[YEP-DC] New blog post on YEP-DC's Recess: Q&A with DeRay McKesson

This month, Recess blogger Amanda Klein takes her Q&A series to Baltimore to speak with DeRay McKesson, a former teacher in New York City who now handles all personnel issues at Baltimore City Public Schools as its chief human capital officer. He tells Amanda:

"The classroom made me a patient person, and it was the first place that made me truly believe that gifts are everywhere. When I'm in a tough situation or not wholly invested in something or someone, I remind myself to 'find the gift.' It sounds cliché, but it works and has changed everything.

If anything, my advice would be to: (1) find friends who respect your dreams – they will help sustain your quiet power; (2) work hard, harder than 'normal' – your work is the outward manifestation of what you understand your time and energy to be worth; (3) don't intentionally hurt people, and try to 'find the gift' – it's often not about being 'nice' but more about being intentional about the energy you exude."

Read more from DeRay, including where he sees Baltimore schools headed in the future, here: http://www.youngedprofessionals.org/1/post/2013/11/b-more-committed-finding-the-gift-in-your-work.html

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