how are you? you haven t aged a day. so good to see you. so good to see you. i m surprised you remembered me. are you kidding? you leave a mark. you want to go in? i d love to. diane, diane, diane, diane, diane, tell me again why did you first open your doors? i realized that they were failing in school and needed help, the gangs were trying to recruit the boys and stuff. and i m like, what am i going to do? what do you do? what do i do? but i sold the tv and bought some computers and started helping with homework. it s about a program like tutoring and mentoring, but it s not about a program. i want to know these kids. have there been moments when you thought, that s it, i can t? every day.
every day i wake up, i quit, i m not doing this. and then somebody will call me, a kid, or a young person walks into the door and say if this door wasn t open, i d be dead or in jail. since 2003, thousands of kids have walked through this front door including trey orr who has been getting this very same hug for almost that long. what has she meant to you? a mother figure, definitely. heart of gold, man. what are you doing these days? graphic design. you want to college? yeah. got a job? yeah. you can see the pride on diane s face. but that disappears quickly when we drive through the neighborhood. this is where four shootings happened in four days last week, and i knew the young people who did it and the young people who were shot. oh, my god. friday, one of the that s tyris. his brother was just killed. he was in my program.
through this front door. including trey orr. who has been getting this very same hug for almost that long. what has she meant to you? a mother figure, definitely. heart of gold, man. what are you doing these days? graphic design. you went to college? yep. got a job? yep. reporter: you can see the pride on diane s face. but that disappears quickly when we drive through the neighborhood. this is where four shootings happened in four days last week. and i knew the young people who did it and the young people who were shot. oh, my god. friday one of the that s terrence. now, his brother was just killed. he was in my program. i can see how another kid that age could so easily think i ve got no future. that s what they think. no hope. can you blame them?
what are you doing these days? graphic design. went to college? yep. got a job? yep. you can see the pride on diane s face. that disappears quickly when we drive-through the neighborhood. this is where four shootings happened in four days last week. i knew the young people. friday, one of the his brother was just killed. i can see how another kid that age can so easily think, i have no future. that s what they think, no hope. can you blame them? returning to the memorial diane started, it does feel impossible. each brick represents a young life lost to gun violence. how many are in there now? 201.
quit. i m not doing this and then somebody would call me, a kid or young person would walk to the door. if this door wasn t open, i d be dead in jail. since 2003, thousands of kids have walked through this front door, including trey orr. hey, trey. who has been getting the very same hugs for almost that long. what has she meant to you? a mother figure definitely. heart of gold, man. what are you doing these days? i graphic design. went to college. yep. got a job. yep. you can see the pride on diane s face but that disappears quickly when we drive through the neighborhood. this is where four shootings happened in four days last week. and i knew the young people who did it and the young people who were shot. oh, my god. friday one of the there s terrence. now, his brother was just killed. he was in my program.