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Today, Tige Charity, Founder and CEO of Kids in the Spotlight, joins A Black Executive Perspective Podcast for a deeply personal and powerful conversation about foster youth, storytelling, filmmaking, access, healing, and workforce development.
Tige shares how an encounter with girls in foster care moved her to build Kids in the Spotlight, a nonprofit that helps young people write, act, produce, and tell their own stories through film. What began as a purpose-driven idea has grown into a platform creating real pathways into the entertainment industry.
This conversation explores leadership, responsible representation, Black women building with conviction, and why young people should never be reduced to their hardest chapter.
What You Will Learn
Why storytelling can be a tool for healing and identity
How Kids in the Spotlight creates access for foster youth
Why filmmaking can open doors to workforce development
What purpose-driven leadership looks like in real life
▶︎ In This Episode
00:00 Foster Care Does Not Define Your Story
02:00 Meet Tige Charity and Kids in the Spotlight
08:30 Building a Platform for Storytelling and Healing
15:15 Why Foster Youth Became the Mission
18:45 Turning Stories Into Films and Career Pathways
27:05 Earning Trust From the Child Welfare System
33:00 Building as a Black Woman Nonprofit Leader
40:15 Purpose, Faith, and Execution
47:15 Asking for Support and Scaling the Vision
50:15 Helping Foster Youth Thrive, Not Just Survive
52:45 How to Support Kids in the Spotlight
56:15 Tony’s Tidbit and Final Reflections
57:00 The LESS Call to Action
59:00 Closing and Where to Follow BEP
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