Thank you so much for that personal story, which gives me hope that many of these folks will actually wind up with a better life, away from New Orleans.
Many that I spoke to expressed that sentiment.
I talked to a 17 year old boy about starting school Tuesday morning. He had dropped out this year and not started back. So why not start again? It going to be better than hanging out at the camp, it is a chance to set things right. We talked for quite a while and it is beginning to set in. His life can be different. Gangs are not running the school, the neighborhood. He can leave all that back in the water. It was incredible to see the reality of his new situation sink in to him. After seeing the brutal horror of gang life in its full blown action, there has to be a better way.