in my adult life i've had 6 friends that have never heard of you gun violence in homewood. one was working as a bartender at a local bar and their patron came in and decided to shoot him inside the bar another young woman named jenny's toe and she was murdered in a bar of the street from the y.m.c.a. because she didn't want to give her phone number to a gentleman that was there and then there's another one of our friends named frederick douglas that was murder right on on frank's on avenue not sure for what for what reason exactly but all these places are within. 2 minutes of the y.m.c.a. which is unique because that's where a lot of our kids go. basketball is a easy game for kids to pick up on because all you need is a vast. you can get lost in the game for hours or years or even a lifetime for some people like michael jordan or kobe bryant. in the columns of a motivation and more importantly in gives them an opportunity to explain. a lot of kids who look up to athletes and entertainers so even want to be rappers for the next lebron james or they want to be their neighborh

share protests images from around the world and there's a moment where hundreds of protesters in homewood illinois lay on the ground for more than 8 minutes to remember george floyd we're still working towards getting those are now one of the biggest recent social media trends has been the hash tag blackout tuesday the day later provokes a mixed reactions this is when almost 29000000 instagram users posted a black picture on their profiles to commemorate george floyd others displayed hands or hearts of different colors and some images of george floyd or the hashtag started with 2 black women from the music industry but quickly gained traction and many took to social media to question why black people should black out their profile and be silent or film director other developers says she would rather look at black horses right now the look at black squares and adding with past this kind of symbolism she also says she thinks the hashtag should encourage white people to learn to talk read and think about racism and an award winning activists and podcasts host brittany packet coming and ask w