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Boys would often shoulder check Joshua Garner and use homophobic slurs to refer to him as he walked through the hallways at New Berlin Junior High School.
As an eighth-grader, even though he hadn’t told more than a couple of people he was gay, he would regularly wear makeup to school.
Many of the boys in his class made assumptions and bullied him as a result.
One day, the group of boys who constantly picked on him saw him outside after school. They beat him, spit on him and urinated on his backpack.
When Garner got home from school that day, his parents were there. But he couldn’t bring himself to tell them about what happened.
Boys would often shoulder check Joshua Garner and use homophobic slurs to refer to him as he walked through the hallways at New Berlin Junior High School.
As an eighth-grader, even though he hadn t told more than a couple of people he was gay, he would regularly wear makeup to school.
Many of the boys in his class made assumptions and bullied him as a result.
One day, the group of boys who constantly picked on him saw him outside after school. They beat him, spit on him and urinated on his backpack.
When Garner got home from school that day, his parents were there. But he couldn t bring himself to tell them about what happened.
Mentoring and meeting needs Michael Phelon started The Outlet mentoring program in 2004. It s located on South 12th Street, though this year, the 30 mentors are mostly connecting with youth remotely. The program serves 48 youth from in and around Springfield with a focus on boys and young men from fatherless households. This year, Phelon has seen an enormous amount of personal loss. His mother and uncle died, as did his mentor, Dr. Clarice Ford, and his right-hand man at The Outlet, Marcus Butler Sr. It s been rough for us. Most of the young guys that I work with, they are already coming from hard situations, said Phelon.
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