Everett Mitchell has a simple — and compelling — reason for why he gives so much of his time doing community service work. “Because somebody gave it to me,” he says.
Growing up in inner-city Fort Worth, Texas, Mitchell, now the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s director of community relations, says the reason he made to college and in to a career was because of people who took time out to help him get ahead. Mitchell also serves as pastor at Christ the Solid Rock Baptist Church on the east side of Madison.