My mother is extraordinary; she's a superwoman, like so many other single mothers who are out there.
We're not products of our environments, we're products of our expectations.
The importance of education plays a huge role.
I sat back, allowing Wes's words to sink in. Then I responded, "I guess it's hard sometimes to distinguish between second chances and last chances.
Kids need to think that you care before they care what you think.
The young men in our city are not problems to be solved. They are opportunities to be unleashed.