than any other community organization, we have them in our buildings. and we have to find a way to collectively wrap our hands around adds a group and as ara team to support them. >> laura: hope and knowing someone cares about what happens to you in the next 24 hours. we want you back in school the next day. in 2016 you were shot 13 times outside of a hospital. it was a random attack. you say this moment completely changed your outlook on life. obviously, you're in a wheelchair as a result of this. what is your message to young kids toying with the idea of joining a gang? >> it ain't -- it ain't fun. it ain't as fun as it's cracked up to be or you think it is. it don't get you far. you either going to get -- something going to happen to you or you're going to be locked up. that's about it. so just try to keep their head up, keep their trust in themselves. don't trust anybody else.th don't believe what other people say. believe what you see and what you know.