BTM83 - Brian Jenkins - Armed Services Arts Partnership
Behind The Mission
<p><strong>About Today’s Guest<br></strong><br></p>
<p>As the Executive Director of the Armed Services Arts Partnership (ASAP), Brian Jenkins draws on global experiences in community-building and social entrepreneurship. Under Brian’s leadership since 2019, ASAP has increased the annual number of veterans served by 75%, grown the organization's revenue by 54%, expanded ASAP Chapters from two cities to four, and launched a virtual program to provide access to ASAP classes to veterans and service members anywhere in the world.</p>
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<p>Brian has worked with and consulted for social impact and community building ventures globally. He holds a certification in Nonprofit Executive Management from Georgetown University and a B.A. with honors from the College of William & Mary, where he was a Meyers-Stern Scholar</p>
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<p><strong>Links Mentioned In This Episode<br></strong><br></p>
<p><a href="https://asapasap.org/" rel="nofollow">Armed Services Arts Partnership Web Site<br></a><br></p>
<p><a href="https://combattocomedy.funraise.org/" rel="nofollow">Live Shows featuring ASAP workshop attendees<br></a><br></p>
<p><a href="https://twitter.com/asap_vets" rel="nofollow">ASAP on Twitter<br></a><br></p>
<p><a href="https://facebook.com/armedservicesartspartnership" rel="nofollow">ASAP on Facebook<br></a><br></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/ArmedServicesArtsPartnership" rel="nofollow">ASAP on YouTube<br></a><br></p>
<p><strong>PsychArmor Resource of the Week<br></strong><br></p>
<p>The PsychArmor Resource of the Week is the PsychArmor course <strong>Making Connections and Networking.</strong>Regardless of your military background or previous work experience, PsychArmor’s course, “Making Connections and Networking,” helps service members, Veterans, and their families learn how to network in their new communities.</p>
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<p>You can find a link to the resource here: <a href="https://learn.psycharmor.org/courses/Making-Connections-and-Networking" rel="nofollow">https://learn.psycharmor.org/courses/Making-Connections-and-Networking</a> </p>
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<p><strong>This Episode Sponsored By:</strong></p>
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<p>This episode is sponsored by PsychArmor, the premier education and learning ecosystem specializing in military culture content. PsychArmor offers an online e-learning laboratory with custom training options for organizations.</p>
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<p><strong>Theme Music<br></strong><br></p>
<p>Our theme music Don’t Kill the Messenger was written and performed by Navy Veteran Jerry Maniscalco, in cooperation with <a href="https://operationencore.org/" rel="nofollow">Operation Encore</a>, a non profit committed to supporting singer/songwriter and musicians across the military and Veteran communities.</p>
<p><em>Producer and Host Duane France is a retired Army Noncommissioned Officer, combat veteran, and clinical mental health counselor for service members, veterans, and their families. You can find more about the work that he is doing at </em><a href="http://www.veteranmentalhealth.com/" rel="nofollow"><em>www.veteranmentalhealth.com</em></a><em> <br></em><br></p>