How Birmingham’s Regenerate Society Inc. Energizes Young People Through Community Engagement

By Sym Posey | The Birmingham Times Devin Tanksley, Executive Assistant for Birmingham’s Regenerate Society, Inc. wanted to become a part of the nonprofit so much that when he missed the membership signup, he did the next best thing – he volunteered. “I ended up volunteering for a year,” said the Birmingham native. “I loved it. I showed up to everything because I just wanted to serve.” “As a volunteer starting out, I was coming in Regenerate Society after my mentor (Seneca Wilson, motivational speaker, and author) kept beating the wise words into me, ‘Service is the price you pay, for the space that you occupy’. From there I was like who am I serving besides myself?,” said Tanksley. The Regenerate Society, Inc. is a non-profit organization that addresses social issues using service initiatives that empower young people to use their gifts through community engagement. Since July 2017, the Regenerate Society seeks to revive, restore, and regenerate creative collaboration between multigenerational and multicultural communities by stimulating insightful conversation. The group’s name is based on a wrestling show from the ‘90s. Wesley Wright, Co-Founder and Executive Director, grew up infatuated with wrestling.  He was even more enamored with the group Degeneration...