Despite her own struggles, one teen has stepped up to help revitalize Detroit. She led a group of volunteers with shovels to plant a vegetable garden and rebuild an abandoned lot. Eventually they will donate the food grown here.
The group Build On supervises Ivory Price’s work on the crime-infested block and believes that because the youth have stepped up, neighborhood-wide transformation will result and gangs will likely move out.
Learn more at Build On, at www.buildon.org.
WATCH the video below
This youth participation, and this kind of organization, is what can raise the level of citizen involvement in making our communities and our lives more positive and fulfilling.