Team Focus: Jeffrey Montrese White Jr

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Jeffrey Montrese White Jr - Charles Hickey School

Where do you attend church? New Psalmist Baptist Church

What’s your favorite Bible Verse? 1 Timothy 4: 16 “Pay close attention to yourself and to the teaching; persevere in these things, for as you do this you will save both yourself and those who hear you.

At which facility do you serve? Charles Hickey School

Why did you decide to volunteer inside the jails? I want to make an impact in the lives of justice involved youth and their families.

What skills do you have that make you successful in your service? I have been a Chaplain for five years now, developing my emotional intelligence and empathic conversation skills, as well as my spiritual and theological intelligence.

What will change the climate of youth violence in Baltimore? Radical empathic presence in the lives of youth and their families.

Anything you would like to add? I am so excited to learn and do the work of carceral ministry with youth as this is my first experience in prison ministry.

IMG_5603 - Jeffrey White Jr.

Jeffrey Montrese White Jr - Charles Hickey School

Where do you attend church? New Psalmist Baptist Church

What’s your favorite Bible Verse? 1 Timothy 4: 16 “Pay close attention to yourself and to the teaching; persevere in these things, for as you do this you will save both yourself and those who hear you.

At which facility do you serve? Charles Hickey School

Why did you decide to volunteer inside the jails? I want to make an impact in the lives of justice involved youth and their families.

What skills do you have that make you successful in your service? I have been a Chaplain for five years now, developing my emotional intelligence and empathic conversation skills, as well as my spiritual and theological intelligence.

What will change the climate of youth violence in Baltimore? Radical empathic presence in the lives of youth and their families.

Anything you would like to add? I am so excited to learn and do the work of carceral ministry with youth as this is my first experience in prison ministry.

Where do you attend church? New Psalmist Baptist Church

What’s your favorite Bible Verse? 1 Timothy 4: 16 “Pay close attention to yourself and to the teaching; persevere in these things, for as you do this you will save both yourself and those who hear you.

At which facility do you serve? Charles Hickey School

Why did you decide to volunteer inside the jails? I want to make an impact in the lives of justice involved youth and their families.

What skills do you have that make you successful in your service? I have been a Chaplain for five years now, developing my emotional intelligence and empathic conversation skills, as well as my spiritual and theological intelligence.

What will change the climate of youth violence in Baltimore? Radical empathic presence in the lives of youth and their families.

Anything you would like to add? I am so excited to learn and do the work of carceral ministry with youth as this is my first experience in prison ministry.