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Milan Ray Ballanton

Executive Director of the African American Community Service Agency (AACSA) in San Jose, California, since 2011; community leader and podcast guest featured on Intersections: A Human Atlas.

Jun 11, 2026

Intersections

Intersections

09 MIND - Be the law and love at the same time

Jun 11 · 38m

speaker_1UNKNOWN
2:47
Because I think all I need to do is to be able to create a social base and change the world around me.
Milan Ray BallantonGUEST
3:02
So my understanding of my journey has been from Oakland to San Jose.
Milan Ray BallantonGUEST
3:09
My mother had a drug addiction.
Milan Ray BallantonGUEST
3:12
Eventually we were split apart because my brothers went to live with another family.
Milan Ray BallantonGUEST
3:19
My grandmother had a daycare.
Milan Ray BallantonGUEST
3:21
She took us in.
Milan Ray BallantonGUEST
3:24
I had to balance grief.
Eduardo Briseño
Eduardo BriseñoGUEST
4:27
I felt like I

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