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<p><b>Community Conversations</b>&nbsp; is where culture, cannabis, and real life meet healing. Hosted by Harlem native and former high‑risk youth David Grant, this podcast uses conversations about sports, music, arts, community issues and High Risk Street life as an entry point into deeper topics like trauma, therapy, and emotional intelligence.​</p><p>Cure Violence specialist, and youth and community coach who helps people change how they talk so they don’t have to fight, shoot, or spin the block. A former Youth Development Specialist and Save Our Streets (S.O.S) worker, Coach Dave brings lived experience from the same blocks he now serves, turning hard lessons from the streets, trauma, and ACS work into a communication code that saves relationships and lives.<br>​</p><p>Through his podcast Community Conversations: Save Our Streets and his signature framework, “Speak. Listen. Dignity.: The Anti‑Violence Communication Code,” he teaches how to speak without being offensive, listen without being defensive, and leave people with their dignity so conflicts don’t turn into cases, funerals, or lifelong beefs. A conversation with Coach Dave feels like talking to your favorite coach—real, corrective, but always on your side</p><p><br></p><p>&nbsp;Save Our Streets series, David zeroes in on senseless violence, domestic violence, and gun violence—breaking down the stories behind the headlines to ask why this keeps happening and how communities can interrupt the cycle. With lived experience in the streets, incarceration, and youth detention work, he brings both credibility and compassion to every conversation.​</p><p>This is not a lecture; it is a safe space to be real. Expect honest stories, practical tools, and consistent invitations to seek help, start healing, and choose a different path—for yourself and your neighborhood.​</p><p>If these conversations matter to you, share an episode and support the work at <b>Cash App</b> $superdave128</p><p><br></p><p><br></p>