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Spark Stories: Joshua Barr

Program Type:

Educational

Age Group:

Teens, Adults
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Program Description

Event Details

Tune in on Facebook or YouTube for the premiere of Joshua Barr's "Spark Story"--what motivates him to make the Des Moines Metro a better place to live.  Barr has served as the Director of the Des Moines Civil & Human Rights Commission since 2015, was recognized in 2019 as a 40 under 40 honoree by the Business Record, and won an Emmy in 2020 for the documentary Breaking Bread, Building Bridges.  Barr is committed to improving opportunities for the impoverished and proactively curbing discrimination.

Available on Facebook or YouTube on or after Monday December 28 at 6:30 PM.

 

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