JUST POLITICIANS AND CELEBRITIES TO TOOK THE STAGE AT LAST WEEK'S DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION COMMUNITY ACTIVISTS WERE ALSO AMONG THE SPOTLIGHT AT SPEAKERS ADVOCATES SHARED THEIR STORIES GUN VIOLENCE HAS IMPACTED THEIR LIVES AND INSPIRE THEM TO TAKE ACTION.

OUR NEXT GUEST WAS ONE OF THOSE SPEAKERS WHO NOW USES HIS VOICE TO CHEAT OTHER YOUNG PEOPLE IN CHICAGO, HOW TO INFLUENCE CHANGE.

HERE'S WHAT HE HAD TO SAY.

I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL WHEN MY CARS MAKE A SHOT.

IT CHANGED MY STORY.

INSTEAD ABOUT WORRYING ABOUT TAKING IT.

S I STARTED WORRYING LIVING.

TO TAKE ANOTHER TENNIS.

THEY SAY SCHOOLS ARE FOR LEARNING.

AND I DID LEARN A LOT THAT DAY.

I LEARNED HOW TO RUN.

HOW TO HIDE AND DROP.

THAT.

WHAT HAPPENS IN THE NEWS CAN HAPPEN TO ME.

BUT I LEARNED SOMETHING ELSE, TOO.

THAT WE CAN WRITE AND MUST WRITE A NEW STORY.

WE CHOOSE TO.

JOINING US NOW WITH MORE IS AT OUR BELT IS SE YOUNG COUNCILMEMBER AT PROJECT UNLOADED.

CONGRATS ON BEING ON THE BIG STAGE.

I'M SURE YOU HAVE TO BE PROUD OF YOURSELF.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME.

JUST COMPLETELY POWERED.

STILL PROCESSING AND YOU MENTIONED THAT THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME YOU WATCHING YOUR VIDEO BACK FOR SO TELL ME WHY SHARE YOUR STORY WITH THE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE THERE.

I FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE CONDITIONS HERE IN CHICAGO AND, YOU KNOW, AFTER PERSONAL EXPERIENCES AND, YOU KNOW, LIVING HERE IS A COAL MINE.

19 YEARS OF BEING HERE.

I FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEING REPRESENTATIVE OF MY CITY.

ALSO REPRESENTATIVE OF YOUTH AND THEIR EXPENSES VIOLENCE.

FORGET THAT YOU'RE ONLY 19 YEARS OLD TO BE AND TALKING ABOUT THAT.

YOU GREW UP IN CHICAGO IN WITNESS GUN VIOLENCE AT SCHOOL.

REMIND US WHAT HAPPENED AND WHAT WAS THAT LIKE FOR YOU?

YEAH.

GIVE SO RECALLING THE MOMENTS HERE IS THAT I WAS IN JUNIOR YEAR IN HIGH SCHOOL.

SO IT'S LIKE 3 AGO FROM KNOW IN THAT SITUATION HAPPENED, WHICH I WITNESSED ONE OF THE STUDENTS GET SHOT IT SPECIFICALLY HEARING GUNSHOTS AND THEN HAVING ONE OF THE STAFF COME HERE LIKE RUN LIKE EVERYBODY GET INSIDE AND, YOU KNOW, KNOCKING ON DOORS OF BACK TO SCHOOL TO LIKE LETTUCE AND LIKE PLEASE.

AND THEN STUDENTS BE UNDIVIDED.

IT WAS A WHOLE SITUATION.

AND, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS PRETTY TRAUMATIZING FOR ME BECAUSE FOR ME, IT'S LIKE, YEAH, YOU HEAR ON THE NEWS SO MANY TIMES THAT GUNS ARE IN YOUR COMMUNITY, BUT NOW THEY'RE IN MY LIFE.

FEEL LIKE THAT WAS THE BIGGEST THING THAT TRIGGERED ON ME.

WOULD YOU SAY THAT INSPIRED YOU TO TALK ABOUT GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION?

WHAT WAS THAT AFTER THAT?

THE YOU DECIDED I WANT TO JOIN IN AND RAISE MY VOICE.

I FEEL LIKE THE MAJORITY OF ME IS LIKE WHERE HAPPENS IN THE STREET THAT I WALK ON TO GO TO SCHOOL.

AND IF IT WASN'T INDIVIDUAL, IT COULD HAVE BEEN ME THAT THEY ARE ONE OF MY CLOSEST FRIENDS.

AND I FEEL LIKE WHEN WE SEE SITUATIONS ALREADY, A CURRENT OCCUR ALREADY IN OUR COMMUNITY.

WE REALLY HAVE TO START THINKING THAT'S LIKE WHAT CAN WE DO CHANGE THAT CYCLE BREAK THE SYSTEM?

AND YOU MENTIONED YOU'RE INTERNING FOR THE DNC COMMITTEE.

WHAT WAS THAT LIKE?

IT WAS WHAT LIKE ONCE IN A LIFETIME EXPERIENCE WORKING AT THE NCI WAS THE POLITICAL COALITIONS TEAM AND WHICH WE WORK WITH OUR ALI GOOD, SOME PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS TO BE REPRESENTED AT THE DNC.

YOU KNOW, THEY'RE THE BACKBONE OF WHERE, YOU KNOW DEMOCRACIES, IT AND I FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH INDIVIDUALS LIKE THE ORDERS THAT I AM PART OF AND THEN WORKING WITH OTHER.

I SOME YOUNG INDIVIDUALS DOING THE VIGILS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

15 OF US, YOU KNOW, REPRESENTING OVER THE STATES HERE FOR MISSION AND, YOU KNOW, HAVING A VOICE BE IN THE STATE, IT'S AWESOME AND GOING BACK TO SPEAK ENDED BY SAYING WE CAN WRITE IN MUST WRITE A NEW STORY IF WE CHOOSE TO.

WHAT WOULD YOU SAY IS YOUR STORY?

I FEEL LIKE MY STORY IS JUST THE BEGINNING OF IT.

YOU KNOW, WE HAD THOSE EXPERIENCES IN MY CASE, YOU KNOW, HEARING THOSE GUNSHOTS, SEEN THE BLOOD OF SOMEONE OF MY CLASSMATES GET SHOT.

AND IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, TIME TO BE BY THE STORY OF ADVOCACY OF CHANGE THAT IT'S LIKE A GUN TO CHANGE SOMEONE'S STORY ON THE NEGATIVE SIDE.

ADVOCATING TO CHANGE YOU KNOW, BEING ON STAGE WITH OTHER INDIVIDUALS WITH CONGRESSWOMAN LUCY MCBATH TO PEOPLE FROM THE ABOUT THE SHOOTING IS THAT THEIR STORIES WERE CHANGED.

BUT NOW ADVOCATING IN OUR STORY IS JUST BEGINNING, WHICH IS SAY THAT INSPIRED YOU EVEN MORE.

THAT INSPIRE ME HEARING LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE SURVIVORS ON STAGE THAT WE'RE NOT ALONE.

BUT YOU KNOW THAT WHERE STORIES ARE HURT, BUT WE NEED TO CREATE THE CHANGE AND THAT CHANGE IS TO DO SOMETHING AND ACTUALLY BEFORE WITH THE ORGANIZATION PROJECT UNLOADED TALK.

TALK TO ME ABOUT HOW YOU CONNECT WITH STUDENTS WITH THE ORGANIZATION FIELD WITH A LOT OF WHAT WE DO.

A PART OF THE NOTED IS THAT WE TAKE ASIDE FROM THE POLITICS AND WE BRING A NEW PERSPECTIVE INTO THE ARENA OF TARGETING GUN VIOLENCE FOR AND I FEEL LIKE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS LIKE INSTAGRAM AND TIKTOK IN DIFFERENT PLATFORMS IN ORDER TO PURSUE A MESSAGE, YOU KNOW, THAT DOES MAKE US LESS SAFE OUR COMMUNITIES.

AND, YOU KNOW, THE MAJORITY OF THE TIME STARTING HERE BECAUSE WE HEAR THE PHRASE WE ARE THE FUTURE.

WE ARE THE NOW IT'S TIME TO CHANGE AND YOU WERE ACTUALLY A JUDGE FOR A CONTEST.

SUMMER STUDENTS CREATE A SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN TO TEACH OTHERS ABOUT GUN VIOLENCE.

WHAT WAS THAT EXPERIENCE LIKE IN?

WHAT WOULD YOU SAY?

YOU LEARN THE MOST.

I FEEL LIKE WHAT I LEARNED THE MOST THAT WAS A COW COULD BRING TO THE TABLE.

SEEING CUTE THAT I WAS LEAVING THE SCENE LIKE STEPS FEW YEARS BACK, SEEING HOW THEY'RE NOT DOING THE THAT I WAS CONTINUE TO DO SEE YOU FOR, YOU KNOW, FROM THE AGES OF 13 TO 18 COMING WITH CAMPAIGNS THAT I WAS LIKE, WOW, I DIDN'T EVEN THINK OF THAT.

AND THEY'RE CREATING POETRY.

THEY'RE CREATING CAMP IS A PART OF NOTICE.

CONTINUE TO IMPROVISE.

AND I'M LIKE WE HAVE SO MUCH TO BEING IN IT CHICAGO.

THE SHERIFF OUT TO THE COUNTRY.

WOULD YOU SAY SOMETIMES IT BOTHERS YOU HOW MUCH CHICAGO SPOTLIGHTED FOR ITS VIOLENCE?

I FEEL LIKE SOMETIMES WE GET THAT LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT, OH, YES, A COMB IT THE MOST DANGEROUS CITY.

BUT WE HAVE TO STATE, YOU KNOW, TAKE A STEP BACK AND REALIZE WHAT'S MAKING IT DANGEROUS IS TO REALLY THAT DANGEROUS.

WHY ARE WE NOT LOOKING AT THE STATES AROUND HOW CAN WE CHANGE THEM?

MESSAGE THAT, YOU KNOW, CHICAGO IS DANGEROUS, BUT, YOU TARGETING TO SHOW THE REAL COST AND WHAT WOULD YOU SAY?

YOU HOPE THE STUDENTS TAKE AWAY FROM THEIR STORY WITH THEIR EXPERIENCE WITH PROJECT UNLOADED.

I FEEL THE MAIN THING IS I YOU KNOW, WE ALWAYS SAY WE HAVE COMPANIES IN THE PAST WHICH WE USE HASHTAG NOT GUNS, NOT, YOU KNOW, CAN STILL MAKE A SAFE.

THE NO NEW CAMPAIGN THAT WE'RE CONTINUE TO LAUNCH IN CHICAGO IS GOING TO CHANGE STORY AND NOT INCLUDING THAT ON MY SECOND AT THE DNC BECAUSE IT SEEMS MY STORY.

YOU BELIEVE THOSE MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

IT WILL BE CONTINUE TO BE TO MILLIONS AND THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS ACROSS.

AND THEN, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF YOUTH DON'T PAY ATTENTION A LOT TO THE NEWS, BUT WE ARE ON SOCIAL MEDIA WERE SCROLLING ON TIKTOK AND YOU SEE AN AD DOES POP POP UP THAT IT'S LIKE GUNS CHANGE STORY AND WILL PAY AND THAT TRIGGER SENT SOMEONE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT AND AGAIN, WE KNOW THAT YOU'RE GOING BACK TO COLLEGE OR GOING BACK TO CORNELL UNIVERSITY.

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