Never Give Up: A Memoir of Resilience, Purpose, and Becoming the Change

From the Streets of Brooklyn to the Pinnacle of Public Service.

From loss to leadership. From doubt to destiny.

In Never Give Up, Gary P. Jenkins invites us into his extraordinary journey-from a young Black boy growing up in Brooklyn, navigating the weight of grief and poverty, to becoming Commissioner of the largest social service agency in the nation, overseeing a $13 billion budget and a workforce of nearly 15,000.

But this is more than a story of titles and triumph. It is a testament to gr...