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.