This journey is not something that happened overnight. Throughout this process, i spent many weeks away from the city, spent many nights working 12hour days, doing my come and coming back just in time to get to class. By the time i finished Elementary School i saw the beast of poverty. I ran out of fingers to count the youth in my community that lost their lives to gun violence. The club made sure to stay open the nights of shootings, making it so we would have a caring and dependable place to go when it wasnt safe to go home. The club gave me a place where i could be my authentic self. The club showed me the power of a good education and encouraged me to go into private school. It wasnt easy. I found my sense of self slipping away as i switched between environments, but i could always find myself back at the club, a place i didnt have to alter who i was. Every tragedy and piece of divert that i went through in my community, the club was right there to help me through it. When everythi
I want to start off by saying thank you, supervisor walton, and to all of you guys having me here today and for all of your messages of support throughout my youth of the year journey. Your encouragement has truly meant so much to me. This journey is not something that happened overnight. Throughout this process, i spent many weeks away from the city, spent many nights working 12hour days, doing my come and coming back just in time to get to class. By the time i finished Elementary School i saw the beast of poverty. I ran out of fingers to count the youth in my community that lost their lives to gun violence. The club made sure to stay open the nights of shootings, making it so we would have a caring and dependable place to go when it wasnt safe to go home. The club gave me a place where i could be my authentic self. The club showed me the power of a good education and encouraged me to go into private school. It wasnt easy. I found my sense of self slipping away as i switched between e
And on military installations across the world. I want to start off by saying thank you, supervisor walton, and to all of you guys having me here today and for all of your messages of support throughout my youth of the year journey. Your encouragement has truly meant so much to me. This journey is not something that happened overnight. Throughout this process, i spent many weeks away from the city, spent many nights working 12hour days, doing my come and coming back just in time to get to class. By the time i finished Elementary School i saw the beast of poverty. I ran out of fingers to count the youth in my community that lost their lives to gun violence. The club made sure to stay open the nights of shootings, making it so we would have a caring and dependable place to go when it wasnt safe to go home. The club gave me a place where i could be my authentic self. The club showed me the power of a good education and encouraged me to go into private school. It wasnt easy. I found my sen
Here today and for all of your messages of support throughout my youth of the year journey. Your encouragement has truly meant so much to me. This journey is not something that happened overnight. Throughout this process, i spent many weeks away from the city, spent many nights working 12hour days, doing my come and coming back just in time to get to class. By the time i finished Elementary School i saw the beast of poverty. I ran out of fingers to count the youth in my community that lost their lives to gun violence. The club made sure to stay open the nights of shootings, making it so we would have a caring and dependable place to go when it wasnt safe to go home. The club gave me a place where i could be my authentic self. The club showed me the power of a good education and encouraged me to go into private school. It wasnt easy. I found my sense of self slipping away as i switched between environments, but i could always find myself back at the club, a place i didnt have to alter w
Announcer abc 7 news starts right now with live breaking news. Go home slurs and flames at Donald Trumps south bay rally as angry protesters clash with supporters of the gop frontrunner. Tonight police are still at the scene. Good evening. Welcome back to abc 7 news at 11 00. Im dan ashley. And im ama daetz. Take a look at sky 7 hd from just a little while ago. You can see San Jose Police attempting to surround a large number of protesters who stuck around after tonights event at the San Jose Convention center after it let out. Police announced by helicopter to disperse, calling it an unlawful assembly. San jose police tell us they arrested a few people and one officer was assaulted. Abc 7 News Reporter tom llamas was in the middle of the protesters and has the story from san jose. Reporter for at least 45 minutes tonight there was complete chaos in downtown san jose as the trump rally was ending skirmishes between protesters and Trump Supporters took place right in the streets. We saw