Guest Speaker Program
This program arranges for motivational speakers at both the Youth Village and Medlock facilities. We try to average two speakers at each facility every month. The topics range from employment and sports to spiritual development, personal development, appropriate social behaviors and other issues will serve to inspire, motivate and guide changes in the young men’s lives.
The Youth Village program is held on Wednesday evenings in the YV campus chapel. The Medlock program is held on Thursday evenings in the all purpose room. Both programs begin at 6 PM and lasts about an hour. The speaker is asked to talk for 20 to 30 minutes, then there is some time for questions from the young men. After that we all have cookies and drinks and that allows for any one-on-one questions or conversations with the speaker.
We had a guest speaker that really got to the young men at both Medlock and the Youth Village with his story. Mr. Walter Morris spoke about what it is like to be on parole for life. He went to prison on a double homicide and was on death row until his sentence was commuted to life. He went to prison as a teenager and was released at over 60 years of age. He and his brother let some older guys talk them into something he has regretted the rest of his life. A link to his video is below.
