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Community advocate sparks new energy from Calhoun Street location

Foundation in his new single-chair space, ready to dispense hope & harmony along with haircuts.
WBOI/Julia Meek
Foundation in his new single-chair space, ready to dispense hope & harmony along with haircuts.

As social advocate and activist Foundation One continues to engage with his community on the city’s south side, his base of operations has moved down the block.

From his unique platform at the Unity Barber Shop, a six-chair business at 921 E. Pontiac Street, Foundation brought a barber’s pole, a single chair and his well-known message of hope and peace to a small space in the nearby Penta C.S. Group Minority Entrepreneurial Center located at 2531 South Calhoun Street.

WBOI’s Julia Meek talks with him about the neighborhood he continues to serve, his passion for his work and the new connections this affords his mission.

A Fort Wayne native, Julia is a radio host, graphic artist, and community volunteer, who has contributed to NIPR both on- and off-air for forty years. Besides being WBOI's arts & culture reporter, she currently co-produces and hosts Folktales and Meet the Music.
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