Guest Jamyle Cannon joins the Men in the Arena to discuss:
- His troubled childhood and growing up in the inner city of Chicago
- Boxing as an outlet & how it acted as a tool to help self-regulate
- The founding of The Bloc
- The most challenging + most prideful moments in his life
- Experience with therapy & how it's served him
- Becoming a father and how it's transformed his outlook on life
Jamyle is the Founder and Executive Director of The Bloc. He is the 2009 National Collegiate Boxing Champion and a Teach for America Alumni member. In 2016, after building a popular boxing program in his classroom, Jamyle combined his love for youth development, boxing, and education to form The Bloc.
He has been recognized as a 2022 Luminary Award winner, CNN Hero, a 4-star Chicagoan by Windy City Live, an Economic Game Changer by the New Covenant Community Development Corporation, and profiled as one of the Hardest Working Voices in Sports by Chicago-Sun Times.
The Bloc is a non-profit Chicago gym using boxing to transform the lives of the city's youth.
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