arizbeth, voice-over: freedom u completely changed me.by my undocumented status, and i found my voice. [applause] and now i get to introduce to you someone i've actually had the honor and the pleasure of working with, and i truly admire her work so much. please welcome to the stage actor, playwright, and professor anna deavere smith. [cheering and applause] [trumpet playing] [applause] thank you, sara. thank you, scrapper. so, um, i've been going across the country since 2013, uh, trying to learn what i can about why, uh, so many poor kids can't make it through school and very often end up in the criminal justice system, and so when trying to think about what i might like to share with you, i decided i would share with you two young people who i met in baltimore, maryland. now, my process is that i interview people, and then i represent them word for word, so that's what you're going to see. and, uh, this first, uh, person is a young lady named india sledge. i call this "no music." i like to give titles to the things that people have said