{"id":75438,"date":"2022-02-11T11:57:32","date_gmt":"2022-02-11T16:57:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bgccan.com\/?p=75438"},"modified":"2026-04-27T19:12:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T19:12:50","slug":"celebrating-bgc-black-leaders-meet-jordan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bgccan.com\/en\/celebrating-bgc-black-leaders-meet-jordan\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating BGC Black Leaders &#8211; Meet Jordan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgccan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/DSCF5508-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"A diverse group of eight smiling individuals poses in front of a blue wall mural featuring motivational words like \u2018HOMEWORK HELP\u2019 and \u2018LEADERSHIP SKILLS\u2019.\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Jordan, from our BGC Albion Club, is a community leader who goes above and beyond for the youth he works with. He stays connected, motivates them, and creates safe spaces for them\u2014whether it\u2019s virtually or in-person. Jordan\u2019s energy is admired by everyone, and always uplifts those around him.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Since the pandemic, Jordan has supported youth with their mental health and wellness and provided resources and programs that could further support them. He is constantly listening to the needs of youth, other staff, volunteers, and partners\u2014providing them all a space to voice their opinions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">He finds creative ways to engage youth by doing things like giveaways with essential items, inviting motivational speakers, and having important discussions around difficult topics.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Jordan plays a key role in helping youth overcome barriers at BGC Albion Club\u2014and that\u2019s what the BGC movement is all about.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgccan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Unknown.jpeg\" alt=\"A young man wearing sunglasses and a black \"WARRIORS 11\" t-shirt poses outdoors in front of a colorful graffiti wall.\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"vimeo-player\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/675964593?h=063b2eda5b\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jordan, from our BGC Albion Club, is a community leader who goes above and beyond for the youth he works with. He stays connected, motivates them, and creates safe spaces for them\u2014whether it\u2019s virtually or in-person. Jordan\u2019s energy is admired by everyone, and always uplifts those around him.\u00a0 Since the pandemic, Jordan has supported youth [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[922,42,81,848],"class_list":["post-75438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bgc-news","tag-bgc-albion","tag-bgc-news","tag-black-history-month","tag-celebrating-bgc-black-leaders"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bgccan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bgccan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bgccan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bgccan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bgccan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75438"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.bgccan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75438\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":90855,"href":"https:\/\/www.bgccan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75438\/revisions\/90855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bgccan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bgccan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bgccan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}