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Interview of Willie Powell Jr. by Sharifa Wilson in Atlanta, Georgia. Topics include: arriving in EPA at the age of 20; his father’s company East Palo Alto Concrete; Mama Nobantu Ankoanda at Shule Mandela Academy where his sons attended; fondest EPA memory meeting his wife Kathleen Butler and her father Pastor Edward Butler; what makes EPA special and unique; his involvement in incorporation; crime in the early 1990s; losing Ravenswood High School; community engagement; notable people; overall EPA experience; Cheryl Hawthorne and Condoleezza Rice supporting the Shule and the community; and hopes for EPA.