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The Power of Community Members | Armando Pizano | TEDxYouth@JCP


I grew up that in the earth a small
working-class community located in south
of West Side Chicago
my community has started to been
characterized as a close-knit immigrant
neighborhood ever since it was founded
in 1865 back then back to the ER just be
part of the Union stockyards which at
the time was the largest meatpacking
sensor in the nation it was even granted
us the title of hog butcher to the world
by to Cobblepot
Carles Hamburg the poor working
conditions that were at the Covenant for
working this is epic meat packers in his
communion with Selective Service
inspiration from Upton Sinclair’s book
to join and although much has changed in
back in the arts system time of the
stockyards many things remain quite the
same and we’re going to continue to make
up the majority of the people back to
the artists and the residents affected
Europe’s continue to be subject to many
of our institutions that were heavily
disabled I’ve come to recognize many
young people in this event as
communities across the city of Chicago
find it difficult to achieve
we’ve been making an upturn boys not
because of the precarious financial
standing but because do that to support
and guidance to do so many people would
have gone to drop out of school and join
gangs not other the desire to commit
crime but because of the lack of
direction opportune to my neighborhood
fortunately enough I received the
support many of my peers did the choir
the guidance I needed to reach my goals
I will outside runoff the two
caring parents and told her sisters look
over me and serve as my role model
I remember when my mom walked me to
school my first day pre-k my hair was
with every step effective now mommy’s
class kiss meant to and that’s Nina had
to my teachers and I like any will were
in the attached highly competitive
started crying as soon as you got the
door after my mom took the time to take
these pictures she came in and took the
Tommy Germany it made sure everything
was going bought me my first everyday
and that was the student and as a team
indeed because as a third point of my
family I follow the steps my parents my
assistant behind on the any of appears I
know the control and these academically
I had to hopeful parents who took the
time to walk me to my homework and two
other sisters who made it easy to
business and will offer advice asking
what tests has to take and even what I
should wear although their
recommendation for the second fire we’re
not always the best one angle until
college prep there my freshman year high
school I decided to become a tutor
in order to serve as a role model and
mentor many my classmates I to that
other ventures for all across my
community including the moment I
attended now begin to notice the
initially I didn’t know to expect as a
jeweler I envision myself walking
students through concepts such as
multiplication and different birthdays
yet I received so much wonders that the
students that actually came to know him
as a friend and someone they can walk
and I can’t defend I received my fair
share of cheesy jokes and even develop
my own even had taken soon after level
for two years I got an Indiana see in
the middle to signatory I also my other
high schools to participate in is
tutoring and mentorship
mentoring initiative so I went to my
local high school and pictures and get
to school ministry it’s my surprise they
love and they were willing to put an
extra time and to make this idea a
reality
school administrators and council began
screen for other high or high school
students will be willing and able
and after about two months of consistent
back-and-forth communication the tutor
program officially kicked off on a high
school on a first date today we had
approximately 62 years and twenty pounds
which means we use an empty box room as
a substitute classroom and things to
learn more less is better
Dabangg high school students were
sitting free after school serene
performed by I team has no students at
the top ten person graduating class and
high school students are receiving
medical service running our school as
well as the vatican’s closer to the
weeks passed and more parents began to
hop to get the children involved now
just for children and among students in
her programming etc but for through the
program that we have over 60 first-rate
34 actually receiving after-school
tutoring and mentoring conducted by
people within a community after year
after year about the school children
I saw the skies a minute the sky seemed
rather close oh I knew what I had to do
in order for this program to continue to
grow and expand across keynesian city of
Chicago I’m only one person
but the minute time and then as if for
one of this program to continue to
expand to community to Grande City of
Chicago I had to be touchable so I
contacted close friends or they will
invest time and energy to the community
community and as a team we began to work
on making bridge ring an organization
that same summer we call the program
register in order to represent our
mission in Britain education gap across
the bridge to routine accounts of any
obstacles in growing this book yet we
did not let this limit as community
members we recognize that our hard work
has a direct
so we worked with this mindset we might
successfully develop a local for
organization with zero Photoshop
experience we also managed to create on
our website for from the basement that
we use as you call me so we run we’re
currently working on our latest most
intimidating following is a non-profit
people work in the wonderfully we are
kind of state of a know as of today
approximately two school years into the
great stripper program’s inception we’re
proud to announce that we have over 200
students and one hundred two weeks for
equity participating in free
after-school perjurer are our tutors
have invested an estimated 3,000 hours
of service directly is the academic
futures of young students in
disadvantaged Denis across the city the
bridge to remodel which reinforces the
idea that a community program should be
run by members of its community has been
successfully implemented across four
South Side neighborhoods
but the widespread support of it
community members unlike many other
organizations rich touring is about my
people with the name side review as to
what the communities community members
recognize the obstacles which directly
tended to me and confront them directly
through action I was fascinated to see
how one of you were pursued by a
community could develop in such a
serviceable
in an organization in a matter of weeks
it is a point to know how that I don’t
know I’m all secret sauce in a equation
organization I really came up with an
idea that people across communities
embrace the Great River Road to become a
self-sustaining community organization
not because of my contributions but
because it is run by members of the
community and for members of the
community but that was principal place
this program going to be where it is
today with this head anybody any age is
capable of serving as a bridge for
you have to come up with the
revolutionary idea were the invention of
the sensor inner scope those around you
change to the better all that is needed
is the will to make a positive
difference now don’t get me wrong we
don’t need any more community users we
don’t need any more savings
we need more communities who understand
the value and power of collaborating
with others and setting a model for
societal individual we are only one
person but collectively we are billions
we don’t have some concert phones alone
because we are part of the community and
as community members the power to make a
difference lies in our hands we can
neither lie and others we between the
difference and change we want to see we
need to instead take that first step and create our images towards me
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