how he balanced governing with being a husband and a dad in his recently published book a promised land. we dropped in on the former president in chicago, in high school where he was visiting with a group of young men who have been part of my brother s keeper to talk about their lives and the challenges they face. are you going back to community organizing? well, you know, probably i m a little too gray-haired and old to be going door to door like i used to be. plus secret service still follows me around, so i m pretty disruptive. but i am going back to what inspired me to get into public life. one of the things that inspired former president barack obama these days are meetings like this one. hey, people. hey, hey. it s called a bam circle. bam stands for becoming a man. a program that started in chicago in 2001 to mentor and support boys and young men. how is everybody doin ?
even when your eyes feel like they re about to pop out, you get home to your baby, and that joy and that feeling that you get from that baby, it s amazing. they give you a little spark of energy. i just love that baby smell. i just want to like bury my face in his neck. for sure. before a diaper change, right? how about you, guys? two of the participants in this bam circle are still in their teens. armand mormon is 14. he wants to become a visual artist when he grows up. kingsley mccarthy is 15 and dreams of being an actor or a dancer. they both say they feel like they risk their lives every time they leave their homes. when you think about being in school, is this something you have to worry about? not necessarily the police but just shootings, violence, you know. generally is that something that you think about, or is it something that is not your primary distraction? well, me personally, i love,
late teens. he writes that that as well as how he balanced governing with being a dad. we join him in chicago in a high school where he was visiting with a group of young men who were part of my brother s keeper to talk about their lives and the challenges they face. are you going back to community organizing? well, probably i m a little too old and gray haired to be going door to door like i used to be. plus secret service follows me around which is pretty disruptive. i am going back to what inspired me to get into public life. one of the thing that inspires former president barack obama these days are meetings like this one. hey, people. hey, hey. it s called a bam circle, bam stands for becoming a man. a program started in chicago in 2001 to mentor and support boys
and who by his own account didn t find his way until his late teens. he writes about that and balanced governing being a husband and dad in his recently published book a promise land. we dropped in on the former president in chicago visiting a high school to talk about their lives and the challenges they face. are you going back to community organizing? you know, probably i m a little too gray haired and old to be going door to door like i used to be and plus, secret service follows me around so i m disruptive. i am going back to what inspired me to get into public life. one of the things that inspires former president barack obama these days are meetings like this one. hey, people. hey, hey. it s called a bam circle, bam
i can t be another case, where some officer have his knee on my neck, choking me out. so, my biggest thing is making it back home, regardless. of anything that s going on outside. you know? i love my family. love my baby more and that s a feeling that you gonna feel, mr. cooper. like, get home. even when your eyes feel like they re, like, about to pop out. you get home to your baby. and that joy and that feeling that you get from that baby. it s it s amazing. give you a little spark of energy. i just love that baby smell. i just want to like bury my face. for sure. before a diaper change, right? yeah. that s that s mostly important, to me. making it home, regardless. regardless of the the police. they don t know me from a can of paint. yeah. how about you guys? two of the participants in this bam circle are still in their teens. arman mormon is 14. he wants to become a visual