Podcast appearances and mentions of Kenneth M Smith

CULTS. Have you ever wondered about the ins-and-outs of cults? Have you or a loved one had experience with a cult? If so, you're not alone! Join us as we interview Anna Kitko, Cult Specialist, who graciously and concisely answers our questions about how cults recruit, who they might prey on, why someone might be enticed to join [and leave!], what abuses can occur, and identifies some of the red flags to look out for indicating that a cult may be at hand. Anna shares about the mental health issues she typically sees in practice, gives an overview of how she treats symptomology, and shares oh-so important resources with us. Anna Kitko is a Christian Apologist and Professor and has a Master of Arts Degree in Biblical Studies. She is near completion of her 2nd Master's Degree in the area of Science in the Psychology of Coercive Control and is currently under supervision for her licensure as a Clinical Pastoral Therapist.   RESOURCES DISCUSSED in this episode: Anna Kitko's YouTube Channel: https://youtube.com/@annakitko Integrated Wellness, Inc… Clinic with Anna Kitko: www.integratedwellnesstn.com Be Emboldened Ministries: www.beemboldened.com Ratio Christi Ministries: www.ratiochristi.org International Cultic Studies Association: www.icsahome.com Cultish Podcast: www.thecultishshow.com Disciple Making (Book) written by Kenneth M. Smith and Caleb D. Smith: https://www.amazon.com/Disciplemaking-Kenneth-Smith/dp/1633572455   ABOUT OUR PODCAST: The Rooted and Edified Show is available on: Amazon/Audible, Apple, Deeper, Google, iHeartRadio, Podcast Addict, Samsung, Listen Notes, Pandora, Podchaser, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn. **Don't forget to check out, like, and Subscribe to The Rooted and Edified Show!** Social Media: Facebook/Instagram Handles: @rootedandedified The Rooted and Edified Show YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGleU6fRMAmyV5hoPDVIBwg Podbean: https://rootedandedified.podbean.com/ Find more information about us on our website:(Please note it is spelled “beyou”) www.beyoutifullyrooted.com/podcast   **Info for BeYOUtifully Rooted: Website: www.beyoutifullyrooted Social Medical handles: FB/IG @rootnearthestream YouTube: @beyoutifullyrooted

Helping youth who have dropped out of high school is important, but what if we could prevent the dropouts altogether? That's the idea behind Jobs for America's Graduates (JAG), championed by this week's podcast guest, Ken Smith.   As the president and CEO of this 40-year-old non-profit organization, Ken is working to ensure that America's most vulnerable youth succeed after high school and secure good jobs. And they do that through mentorship and career-focused educational opportunities inside schools.   Attendance has been pointed to by state leaders as the most pressing issue in schools. But it's not about getting students into seats, which is a symptom of a bigger issue. What's missing is connection. And without programs like JAG, we risk losing a big part of our next generation.   JAG has served more than 1.7 million students to date in 39 states and Ken's vision has that impact doubling over the next few years. I'm incredibly impressed with the resources and opportunities that JAG will add in the coming years and I have no doubt that Ken will reach his goal. About Ken Smith: Mr. Kenneth M. Smith serves as President and CEO of Jobs for America's Graduates, Inc. (JAG), the nation's largest, most consistently applied model of high school retention and school-to-career transition for high-risk young people of great promise.   In 1979, Mr. Smith worked with Governor Pete du Pont of Delaware on the design of the first statewide test of the JAG Model and has served as President and CEO since its inception.  JAG currently serves 75,000 young people annually, in more than 1,450 high schools, middle schools, and out-of-school programs in 39 states.   Over 1.4 million youth have been connected to JAG throughout its 40-year history. The non-profit JAG National Board of Directors is chaired by Governor John Bel Edwards of Louisiana.  It includes among its 50 members—fourteen Governors and several executives of major corporations and business and community organizations.   In recognition of his knowledge of national employment and training issues, three Presidents have appointed Mr. Smith to national commissions.  He was appointed in 1981 and again in 1983 by President Reagan as Chairman of the National Commission for Employment Policy.  Designed to analyze the full range of government policy related to employment, the Commission continues with a $2 million annual appropriation and a 15-member professional staff.  Mr. Smith also accepted an appointment by President Reagan to the National Advisory Council on Vocational Education, where he had previously served under appointment by President Ford.  President Nixon appointed Mr. Smith as Vice Chairman of the National Advisory Council on the Education of Disadvantaged Children for the period 1973-76. Mr. Smith is also Chairman and Chief Executive of Strategic Partnerships LLC.   Prior to founding JAG, Mr. Smith served as staff aide to President Nixon (1969-70); as Director of Special Projects for the Distributive Education Clubs of America; and founder and President of 70,0001 Ltd., a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping high school dropouts obtain employment.  Thereafter, he served in a new post as Senior Advisor to the Governor of Delaware on all activities related to education at the secondary and postsecondary levels.  During this period, he chaired the Commission of the Future of Education in Delaware and was nominated to serve as the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Delaware Technical College.   Mr. Smith serves as a Trustee of the America's Promise Alliance, founded in 1997 with General Colin Powell as Chairman and chaired today by Alma Powell, is a cross-sector partnership of more than 300 corporations, nonprofits, faith-based organizations and advocacy groups that are passionate about improving lives and changing outcomes for children Jump in the Conversation: [1:22] - Who is Ken Smith [1:50] - Where Ken's story of serving youth started [4:35] - The depth and breadth of schools is daunting [4:51] - Our present situation now is the most alarming we've ever seen [6:48] - A disconnected population at scale [7:23] - Attendance is the symptom, not the disease [8:25] - Part time work increases motivation in school [9:17] - What JAG is and why are so many students a part of it [13:22] - Youth need a relationship with a mentor [16:15] - How JAG has spread to so many states [19:16] - Where JAG is heading [23:09] - Turbo Time [28:04] - Ken's passion for JAG [28:48] - Something good that's come out of COVID [30:38] - Ken's Magic Wand [33:12] - Maureen's Takeaways Links & Resources JAG Rita Pierson TED Talk Email Maureen Maureen's TEDx: Changing My Mind to Change Our Schools The Education Evolution Facebook: Follow Education Evolution Twitter: Follow Education Evolution LinkedIn: Follow Education Evolution EdActive Collective Maureen's book: Creating Micro-Schools for Colorful Mismatched Kids Micro-school feature on Good Morning America The Micro-School Coalition Facebook: The Micro-School Coalition LEADPrep

Sean is joined by award-winning teacher educator Kenny Smith to talk about social justice, how it applies to education, and how teachers can create and support a culturally responsive environment. Kenny shares ideas for how to create agency in your classroom and bring out student voice. Finally, Sean and Kenny discuss how to connect with students in the current day and age.Kenneth M. Smith is a National Board Certified Teacher and Montgomery County's Washington Post Teacher of the Year for 2018. As a lead teacher in Maryland's Montgomery County Public School system, he has taught several courses under the social studies umbrella including United States Government, AP US History, and African-American Studies. Currently he teaches Introduction to Sociology and a course that he designed for the county called Hip-Hop History and Culture. He is a strong advocate for teacher leadership outside of the classroom as well. He serves on the leadership team for the BOND (Building our Network of Diversity) Project which is an initiative focused on increasing the hiring, development and retention of male educators of color. He is also on the executive committee for the Minority Scholars Program (MSP), a youth-driven, social justice initiative designed to address the opportunity gaps that exist within the educational system. He's dedicated to building the capacity of educators to be reflective, culturally responsive practitioners and social justice advocates for traditionally marginalized learners. Currently, MSP is partnering with the NEA to train students to lead professional development for teachers on how to engage their students on issues dealing with racial injustice in the classroom.   Follow him on Twitter and Instagram: @mrsmithinspires

Music writing has always been something of an occult practice, trying by some weird alchemy to use concepts to describe stuff that defies the basic categories of intellect. So long as we stick to classical music, we can pretend that nothing too odd is happening, since the classical tradition has been steeped in notation for centuries. But when a musicologist attempts to analyze, say, an ambient track by Brian Eno, things aren't so simple. Suddenly notation won't do, and there comes the need to make use of every tool in the poet's shed. This episode focuses on a recently published article by Phil on this question. In due course, the discussion turns to the power of good writing: its capacity not just to convey an author's subjective impressions, but to disclose new facets of the ineffable, baroque objective world. SHOW NOTES Phil Ford, "Style as Analysis" in The Routledge Companion to Popular Music Analysis: Expanding Approaches (https://www.routledge.com/The-Routledge-Companion-to-Popular-Music-Analysis-Expanding-Approaches/Scotto-Smith-Brackett/p/book/9781138683112), edited by Ciro Scotto, Kenneth M. Smith and John Brackett Christopher Ricks, [Dylan's Vision of Sin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dylan%27sVisionsofSin)_ Ferrucio Busoni, Sketch of a New Esthetic of Music (https://www.gutenberg.org/files/31799/31799-h/31799-h.htm) Susan McClary, Feminine Endings: Music, Gender, and Sexuality (https://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/feminine-endings) Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht, Production of Presence: What Meaning Cannot Convey (https://www.sup.org/books/title/?id=1360) Phil Ford, Dig: Sound and Music in Hip Culture (https://www.amazon.com/Dig-Sound-Music-Hip-Culture-ebook/dp/B00DPJ6RE6) Jerry Hopkins, [No One Here Gets Out Alive](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NoOneHereGetsOutAlive)_ Brian Eno, [Another Green World](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AnotherGreenWorld) Mitchell Morris, The Persistence of Sentiment: Display and Feeling in Popular Music of the 1970s (http://california.universitypressscholarship.com/view/10.1525/california/9780520242852.001.0001/upso-9780520242852) William Youngren, “Balliett’s Bailiwick,” Partisan Review 32, no. 1 (Winter 1965) Whitney Balliett, Collected Works (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1168302.Collected_Works) E.M. Forster, [Aspects of the Novel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AspectsoftheNovel)_ Henri Bergson, [Matter and Memory](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MatterandMemory)

WINGS OF THE SPIRIT hosted by Rev. Pat RandallReverend Kenneth M. Smith, Jr., founder and pastor of King and Savior Ministries, is a committed servant of God.  In 2012, having been filled with a strong desire to reach the lost, King and Savior Ministries was birthed in his home by him and his wife, Evangelist Sabrina Smith.  There is an anointing upon their ministry that reveals God's desire for those who love Him to walk in victory.  His love of God and dependence upon the Holy Spirit are evident in his ministering as he exhorts and encourages people to victorious living through Jesus Christ.Through dedication and commitment to promoting growth in God's people, Pastor and Evangelist Smith believe in the five-fold ministry, "And He gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some pastors and teachers"(Ephesians 4:11).  They are committed to empowering God's people through ordinations; preparing to send them forth as ministers to spread the Gospel.  Their ultimate vision is to promote unity in the Body of Christ, develop leaders, challenge, motivate and instruct people of all backgrounds to reach their maximum potential in Christ.  Ephesians 4:12-13 tells us that the purpose of the five-fold ministry is, "for the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:  Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ."