BTM83-Brian Jenkins - Armed Services Arts Partnership
Show Summary
On today's episode, we're featuring a conversation with Brian Jenkins, Executive Director of the Armed Services Arts Partnership, a creative community that provides free art and comedy classes to members of the military affiliated population.
About Today’s Guest
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.
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.
PsychArmor Resource of the Week
The PsychArmor Resource of the Week is the PsychArmor course Making Connections and Networking. 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. You can find a link to the resource here: https://learn.psycharmor.org/courses/Making-Connections-and-Networking
Theme Music
Our theme music Don’t Kill the Messenger was written and performed by Navy Veteran Jerry Maniscalco, in cooperation with Operation Encore, a non profit committed to supporting singer/songwriter and musicians across the military and Veteran communities.
This Episode Sponsored By:
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.
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 www.veteranmentalhealth.com
