S2 - August-September: "Social Responsibility: Giving Back On and With Purpose" | Episode 45 - Guest: Marcus Thomas - Dream Team Director - Mount Zion Baptist Church

Welcome to another month of Influencer Podcasting. This month, we showcase individuals and organizations, doing phenomenal work in their communities and for their neighbors. Social responsibility is an ethical process in which individuals are accountable for fulfilling their civic duty, and the actions of an individual must benefit the whole of society. In this way, there must be a balance between economic growth and the welfare of society and the environment.

Our theme for August - September, "Social Responsibility: Giving Back On and With Purpose", offers the platform needed to share strategies, tactics and projects that are changing lives and communities. Given the current atmosphere of social unrest, there are men, women and organizations that have found "pain points" and are addressing that need.

Our guest today is Marcus Thomas - Dream Team Director - Mount Zion Baptist Church (Greensboro, NC) - the largest predominantly African American Church in the Greensboro area— under the leadership of Senior Pastor Bishop Bryan J Pierce, Sr. In his role, Marcus leads a team of over 2,000 volunteers. He provides leadership, encouragement, coaching, and service opportunities in the community. He also leads an expansive community outreach campaign called “Serve The City” that provides gas, clothes, financial assistance, and programs to people in need within the Greensboro community.

Marcus significantly expanded this city-wide outreach initiative by creating new public and private partnerships in the region and continues this work today. Marcus has a vast resumé of experiences that inform his passion and leadership around social responsibility and giving back on and with purpose.

Listen as this young man outlines a strategic approach to giving back that engages every generation and socio-economic area of Greensboro. His social responsibility best practices can be used by anyone and any organization...to impact any community. His perspective on philanthropy is both refreshing and enlightening.