Carter G. Hoodson
Tarik is my name ✊✊✊
oh snap!i wish i had something like that when i was growing up. the streets can be rough. are they girls or boys or is it mixed?
Initially, it wasn't mixed. The parents were skeptical having a 21-22 yr around their daughters. I'm 25 now. That has changed. My only job was to show and prove. But, I've been apart of it since I was 15 (in the program), been mentoring for almost 5 yrs now. Started out in a program called the Black Male Institute in my middle school which influenced me to what I'm doing now. There are other elders that offer different classes on different topics...whether it be health, history, science, civics..etc I mainly focus on civics, law and some history trying to get their mind away from what's outside and interested more into studying and becoming productive in life and to their community. I spend the first 1 1/2 talking about the lesson plan and the other 1 hour just building with them.
The main thing I tell folks is to love what you do and don't expect anything but the enjoyment and fulfillment it brings to you.
i wish i had something like that when i was growing up. the streets can be rough. are they girls or boys or is it mixed?

is this one for? i'm trying to do better.
you hit the nail on the head. damn, i need a moment. not even the pictures of kids with down syndrome and progeria that i have open in another tab (and have been laughing at consistently for the past 45 minutes) can take my mind off the knowledge you just dropped right here, breh.
