Ep 9: Food security and faith-based nonprofits, #BLM and racial justice with Rusty Price
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This week, we invite Rusty Price to the podcast to discuss the work of Camino Community Center, a nonprofit that works in solidarity with the Latino and immigrant community in Charlotte, NC. Rusty describes how the spirit of “dale” - do it! - helps his staff stay mission-focused and open to opportunities of growth and newness. Rusty also describes how Camino transitioned with the arrival of the Covid-19 pandemic to drastically increase the capacity of its food bank to address rising food insecurity needs among community members. We also discuss the recent police shooting of Jacob Blake by a White police officer in Kenosha, Wisconsin, as well as questions and next steps for nonprofits to consider in continuing the work of advancing racial justice.
Resources
National: Black Lives Matter / Resources
In Charlotte: Race Matters for Juvenile Justice
Authors: Ibram X. Kendi, Michele Alexander, Ta-Nehisi Coates
Website: Camino Community Center
Gift to Camino Community Center expands food distribution by 500%
Camino Community Center expands services, helping LatinX community during pandemic
Guest
Rusty Price is the founder and president of Camino Community Development Corporation which has provided over $150,000,000.00 in aid through humanitarian projects in Cuba, Guatemala, El Salvador and in Charlotte NC. The local project, Camino Community Center has provided services to over 25,000 people in the Charlotte NC community each year. For many years Camino was the largest donor of medical aid to Cuba from the U.S. and he is an expert on Cuban affairs. He has worked in both governmental and non-governmental agencies as well as different religious organizations to improve the conditions of the underserved communities. He also founded Camino del Rey Church which has now merged with King’s Way Baptist Church and transitioned from to a Multi-Cultural church named Camino Church. Over the last 20 years Rusty has led Camino Church to plant over 300 churches in the USA and Latin American. He is the recipient of the 2015 Latin American Excelente Award for community Service Person of the Year, 2016 NASCAR Hispanic Leadership Award, 2017 NFL Hispanic Leadership Award and the Gospel Image Leadership Award . Rusty along with Camino was featured at the Levine Museum of the New South with their debut of Nuevolution.
