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Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.66,0:00:26.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>> We're going right to the\Nstreet corners to get this data.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.69,0:00:29.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right? And what are we finding?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.18,0:00:33.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're finding in our interviews, we're\Nfinding from our surveys, that the very people
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.35,0:00:38.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that are dropping out, that are arguing not to\Nwant and valuing education are the very people
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.97,0:00:44.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in overwhelming numbers, at least from our\Nresearch, that want to be adequately educated.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.20,0:00:46.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm talking about guys on\Nthe street selling drugs.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.71,0:00:50.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They actually want to go to school, they want\Nto go to college, they want to go to a place
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.12,0:00:54.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where they feel that they're respected,\Nthey want to go to a place where they feel
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.11,0:00:56.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they're nurtured, where\Nthey feel that they're loved.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.12,0:01:04.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right? Many of the children are coming from\Nhomes that are, you know, rife with all kinds
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.32,0:01:05.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of issues, so they make sure if we're hungry,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.32,0:01:09.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they make sure if we're wearing the same\Nthing a second or a third day in a row.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.23,0:01:13.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think many of the children are grappling,\Nparticularly the boys are grappling with issues
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.63,0:01:16.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,around school violence, or\Nother street activities
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.73,0:01:18.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that are taking place within\Na school environment.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.23,0:01:25.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think, I think many of the children are\Nactually not being prepared to graduate,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.05,0:01:27.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not only high school, but\Nalso to enroll in college.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.36,0:01:30.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when you take home those\Nkinds of experiences, you know,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.35,0:01:34.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it keeps me up at night,\NI'll be honest with you.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.15,0:01:41.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lots of night sweats, you know, I have trouble\Ngoing to sleep at night, sometimes carrying some
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.24,0:01:44.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of these stories, you know, to\Ninterview a father and talk about,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.05,0:01:52.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and hear him talk about what it means to\Nbe a father and lose your son, you know,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.47,0:01:58.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to have an older man break down in front\Nof you, or have a mother break down in front
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.33,0:02:00.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of you, you know, we've got all of this stuff.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.31,0:02:02.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know? We've heard all these stories.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.53,0:02:08.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To be there with a young man, an adult,\Nyou know, in his 20s, and for him to break
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.42,0:02:13.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,down crying in front of you\Nbecause he doesn't have a job
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.61,0:02:18.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or he knows he can't support his\Nchildren in the way that he wants to.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.83,0:02:23.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But when I'm actually on the ground walking\Nthrough the communities, block to block,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.52,0:02:26.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,really speaking with some of those guys\Nthat's really out there doing X, Y and Z,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.21,0:02:31.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one of the things they really\Nwant me to understand and capture
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.18,0:02:35.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through this project is also the\Ncommunity, the love that's in
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.82,0:02:39.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or amongst street life oriented\Ncommunity, communities,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.17,0:02:41.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is inside a larger [inaudible] community.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.52,0:02:48.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But oftentimes these guys are involved with\Ncaring for loved ones, siblings, in addition to,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.76,0:02:54.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know, elders, parents, grandmothers,\Nuncles, aunts, oftentimes, you know,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.51,0:02:59.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they play a real role with respect to\Norganizing these communities, you know,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.10,0:03:03.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,getting them out to events, you know, promoting\Ncertain positive things throughout the scope
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.66,0:03:08.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of a south bridge or an east side, oftentimes,\Nyou know, and not to say it's necessarily right
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.67,0:03:13.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or wrong, but we may see some of these young\Nmen paying rent for grandma, for auntie,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.22,0:03:16.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the young lady, or the older\Nlady who may be, who may have two
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.82,0:03:18.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or three kids under her direction.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.19,0:03:22.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We oftentimes see them buying\Nbookbags for the children.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.48,0:03:26.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And at the end of the day,\Nvery little change is created.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.66,0:03:33.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not until we're able to create a scenario\Nwhere children can be fed properly,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.43,0:03:38.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where children can be housed properly, where\Nchildren can actually be educated properly,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.33,0:03:42.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will we really have an opportunity to\Nsee the change that we all want to see.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.01,0:03:50.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,2009, three years before we had one male from\Nthis community that graduated from high school.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.79,0:03:54.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jeez, that's crazy.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.02,0:03:57.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How did we even let it get that bad, you know?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.66,0:04:02.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, I vowed, you know, [inaudible]\Nto kind of reverse these conditions.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.08,0:04:08.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I vowed to be here, you know, throughout\Nthe duration of my life doing any and everything
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.46,0:04:11.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to make sure that these stories\Nand these voices get
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.35,0:04:12.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,out to the people that need to hear about them.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.52,0:04:25.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Music ]