“Don’t wait until you have it all figured out, do something now!”
This resonating passage from a faith-based leader in Stockton, CA soon became Brandie Owusu-Spencer’s call to action to form The Empowering Mind (TEM) (formerly known as Empowering Young Voices, Inc. (EYV) in the midst of completing his studies at San Joaquin Delta College in March of 2008. His experiences as a student leader at Delta provided models for how he wanted TEM to provide services to the community. As mentioned in the noteworthy Stockton news publication; The Record, Brandie’s goal for TEM was to create a place where “we can have young leaders learn ... and basically have a student government in the community...” (Fitzgerald 2012)

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Having had the privilege and honor of developing TEM with some of who he thinks are the most amazing people in Stockton -- Brandie is extremely proud to have cultivated this organization with a team he also considers very close friends.