This is a shot from my day with Gab and her students from the Chicago Wisdom Project Afterschool Program. Immediately after these were taken, we drove straight to Atlanta to care for my dad, and to enjoy family for the Thanksgiving Holiday.
This was a lively group of Southside youth, who "dared" experiment with life development courses after school. These were very fun images to capture, however...These images don't allow you to see and hear the blatant contrast to our experiences in Chicago's Northside and in Evanston. Their spirits were strong...however, I left feeling that not enough people in thier lives encourage them to, as Gab says "...use YOUR power for GOOD...!" If you have a program for youth development, introduce it to our schools...There is money for you to do this, and it's sorely needed...
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