BYÂ AUDIE CORNISH
If you took a map of Chicago and put down a tack for each person shot last year, you’d need nearly 3,000 tacks.
Of those, 101 would be clustered in the neighborhood of East Garfield Park. That’s where 15-year-old Jim Courtney-Clarks lives.
“To be honest, I really don’t like it,” Courtney-Clarks says. “Every time you look up somebody else is getting killed, and I never know if it’s me or somebody I am really close to.”
For kids in some Chicago neighborhoods, walking up and down the same street where there was a beating or a shooting or a body is just part of life — one that isn’t always talked about.
That’s something the Urban Warriors program is trying to change. The YMCA of Metro Chicago project connects kids like Courtney-Clarks, who live in high-violence neighborhoods, with veterans who have served in Iraq or Afghanistan and who might understand what they’re going through.
“Read the Full Article at www.npr.org >>>>”
All content herein is owned by author exclusively. Expressed opinions are NOT necessarily the views of VNR, authors, affiliates, advertisers, sponsors, partners, technicians, or VT Network. Some content may be satirical in nature.Â
All images within are full responsibility of the author and NOT VNR.
Read Full Policy Notice - Comment Policy
