Bishops, Knights, and Rooks in the barbershop!  12-year-old Cahree Myrick practices chess in a local Baltimore barbershop run by Sundiata Osagie.   Osagie described chess as a “staple” at his barbershop.  “That’s just the culture we’ve developed around here.  People will just stop in and say: ‘Who’s playing chess?  Who’sContinue Reading

A simple idea to combat loneliness on the school playground – the buddy bench!  Christian, a first grader, saw a picture of a pretty bench, had an idea, and approached his principal.  He knew that some kids looked like they were lonely at recess, and he thought that a bench,Continue Reading

“It was a struggle.  It was rough,” Elijah says of his time growing up in Compton, where only a little over half of students graduate high school.  He remembers a defining moment when he was little:  “It was kind of late at night, my mom ran into my room, andContinue Reading