Category: Overcoming Gang Violence

Written by: Terri Seydel Would you like to change any of the decisions you made as a teenager? We’d probably all like to turn the clock back on a few of our choices. But for some young people, choices can mean the difference between life and death.  Carroll Hill (left in photo) grew up in...

Ndume Olatushani By: Kingsley East “No matter where we’re at, we can still help someone less fortunate than ourselves.” Many people claim this statement, but few have twenty-eight years of imprisonment to stand behind it. Ndume Olatushani spent over half of his life in prison for a murder that he didn’t commit, yet he never...

 By Karen E. Williams While growing up Leroy Jones didn’t have any role models for volunteering.  But these days he finds priceless rewards in volunteering and sharing his story of Hope. He shares it with men in prison – encouraging them to use their time to get an education.  He shares it with groups of youth...