🎙️ A BETTER CHANCE TV — NEW SEASON, NEW STORIES, NEW IMPACT!

We’re welcoming a new season with exciting updates from A Better Chance for Youth Futures, Inc., including scholarship news, our nonprofit work, and ways our community can continue supporting scholars.

🎓 SPECIAL GUEST: DAMONTAE BORDERS
Meet Damontae Borders, an Alabama A&M University Civil Engineering student, as he shares his journey and how a campus housing shortage, changes in financial aid, and unexpected financial challenges have placed his path to graduation at risk.

In this episode, we discuss:

• September updates from A Better Chance for Youth Futures, Inc.
• The impact of our 501(c)(3) nonprofit and our commitment to giving back to scholars
• Voices of Education, Volume 2 and how you can get your copy
• The latest Takisha A. Davis Scholarship Top 10 update as we continue honoring her legacy
• Damontae’s journey from St. Louis to Alabama A&M University
• How the campus housing shortage forced him to move off campus and increased his expenses
• His efforts to secure scholarships, financial assistance, and advising so he can re-enroll, finish strong, and graduate
• His goals in Civil Engineering, future business ownership, and giving back to others
• His involvement in marching band, ASCE, NAHB, and the Alabama A&M community

📚 SUPPORT THE VOICES OF EDUCATION PROJECT!
Please get your copy of **Voices of Education, Volume 2** and support a project dedicated to sharing powerful voices and experiences in education.

🐾 Let’s support Damontae Borders on his journey to FINISH STRONG!

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School ends, but life doesn’t and for many young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, that moment can feel like the supports vanish overnight. We’re back with big September updates, and then we get personal with Kiva Nalls and Tommy Nalls, the husband-and-wife team behind David’s Way, a new nonprofit focused on empowering young adults with intellectual and developmental delays through true community inclusion. Their mission starts with their son David’s story and turns into a blueprint for what families actually need after students age out of secondary education.

We dig into the real transition gap: finding stable work, being accepted for who you are, and building confidence when society underestimates ability. Kiva and Tommy share what they learned firsthand, including how patience and consistent support can unlock skills that others miss. They also explain what “Davids Way” stands for and the kind of environment they’re building, one that helps participants identify passions, practice life skills, and grow job-ready strengths in a technology-driven world.

You’ll also hear practical ways to connect and help, from donations like laptops, tablets, school supplies, and life-skills materials to encouragement and sharing the word ahead of their grand opening in Burnet, Texas. Kiva also points families toward an ISS waiver program paid through insurance, a reminder that services may be available even when budgets are tight. If you care about disability services, special education transitions, inclusive employment, and community support that’s more than talk, this conversation is for you.

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A surprise package hits the mailbox and suddenly the show turns into something you can’t script: real gratitude, real emotion, and a reminder that the people from your past can show up right on time. I’m Monique Robinson, and I’m sharing important updates for A Better Chance for Youth, including the wins, the growing pains, and the community partnerships that keep our scholars moving forward.

We talk through this year’s HBCU send-off support, why I’m grateful for board members past and present, and how partners like the Urban League helped us provide practical essentials that make college life easier. I also give a clear update on the Takeisha A. Davis Scholarship, including the first cut and what it means to keep going even when you don’t make the first round. If you care about HBCU readiness, scholarship guidance, and youth mentorship in the community, this is the kind of behind-the-scenes clarity families rarely get.

Then the episode shifts into a special treat: MzMo Music. After losing my writing coach, I found a new way to cope, process, and tell the truth through songwriting. You’ll hear songs about love, boundaries, consistency, betrayal, healing, faith, sisterhood, and Black Queen energy, plus where to stream the catalog on major platforms. Subscribe, share this with someone who needs encouragement, and leave a review with the song theme you want me to create next.

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