#Good steward professional
Jonas Richard, a tech professional for Good Steward Apparel and a business partner of Howard, likes the message that the brand delivers of supporting the community and the youth. He said that each of these brings a different version of "counterculture" to the brand. Howard's brand features three lines: Good Steward Apparel, Be Athletics Unlimited and No Robots. “I remember going through donated clothes at a shelter trying to find something that would make me feel a little bit better about my situation.” “Growing up, I always noticed how clothing was a great way of expressing who you are,” he said. Howard said that his journey was a calling – one not only driven by his outlook on society, but by a lifetime of experiences. In 2015, Howard established Good Steward Apparel. He said he worked in the profession for about 15 years. He later joined the Marine Corps, serving from 2000 to 2004 before leaving and going to school for occupational therapy at Durham Technical Community College. Howard also said that he had a strained relationship with his mother because she struggled with drug addiction.Īfter returning to Durham as a teenager, Howard said that he was done moving around and opted to live with his grandmother. He said he was always the first to board and the last to get off the school bus in an effort to prevent others from finding out that he was homeless.
states – never spending more than a year at one school. Howard said through different experiences at a young age, he has seen "how cruel the world can be." Whether someone is having a rough day or in a bad mood, they’re reminded to "put on" stewardship and make sure to be kind, he said. Howard, who also works as a housing specialist for Carolina Outreach, a Durham-based health services company, said his clothes are about stewardship, which he defined as "the rent we pay to take up space in this world.” Durham entrepreneur Alvin Howard tries to counter a culture of cruelty and shame with his brand Good Steward Apparel.