Marcus Carson: Supporting Positive Youth Development in Birmingham, Alabama

Overview

Marcus D. Carson (he/him) is the founder and executive director of Growing Kings, a nonprofit that provides innovative mentoring programs to young men in Birmingham, Alabama. For the National Equity Atlas Fellowship project, he partnered with Mae Whiting, the research director of Growing Kings, to create an educational fact sheet that builds awareness of local policing budgets, highlights effective community-based alternatives to youth incarceration, and empowers local groups to call for investment in community-centered resources and initiatives. They also created data visuals focused on local data to integrate data walks into their ongoing community meetings, supporting community access to data and increasing data equity.