Darren White is an award-winning senior practitioner in the field of youth facilitation, advocacy, counseling, and supervision for various community-based youth organizations. He has worked for more than 25 years in service of the community, helping first time offenders and disadvantaged youth and young adults through diversion programming to avoid incarceration.
During his tenure at Bay Area Youth Court’s diversion program, he served first time youth offenders and their families. Prior to his time with the Youth Court, he was as an Inclusion Facilitator Supervisor, providing intervention services for severely emotionally disabled youth and their families.
In addition, he has continued to sharpen his knowledge and expertise by maintaining certifications in the relevant fields of violence prevention, anger management, restorative justice, effective parenting, father engagement specialist and life coaching with a focus on selfcare.
Mr. White has served on multiple community leadership boards, including seven years on the BART Police Citizens Review Board (District 4), and currently serves on the Executive Board of the NAACP Oakland Branch.
For his exemplary service he has won several prestigious awards, including the Civic Pride Award for Distinguished Community Service, the Dick Gregory Award for Community Excellence and is also the proud recipient of the Alameda County First Five Fatherhood Advocacy and Communications Award The Gary Thompson Fatherhood Leadership and Innovation Award.
He also possesses decades of experience working with the community and youth as a football coach, teachers’ assistant, group home counselor and supervisor, deputy director/director of youth offender services, and director of public relations.
He is the former Community Coordinator for the Obama Foundation’s My Brother’s Keeper Alliance at which he manages and directly supports program delivery, collective impact coordination and facilitation as well as resource development for male youth 14 to 25 years of age.