Worcester Magazine
One of the first images in the Worcester Youth Center's recently released "HopeVid-2020" multimedia project video is a shot of a deserted looking Worcester Youth Center. No one is there. The phone announcement says, "Hello, please leave a message after the tone."
The COVID-19 pandemic has struck.
Maybe feeling stuck in their respective homes or frustrated by restrictions, a drawing by Joshua P., 16, has a square with the words "Stuck Inside" while at the same time a poem by Frene O., 16, begins with the word "Restricted." A short video/song reverberates with "We want our summer back." Devon "Dee Dee" M.'s poem reads "Different things like this are crazy/I hate being in the house lazy/ Somebody please save me."