Dozens of Rocketship Rise Academy teachers, parents, and staff members, along with government officials, recently took to the streets as a show of solidarity with the nearby Woodland Terrace Public Housing community.
They didn’t do so, however, without hearing from three young people growing up amid the gun violence.
Chasity Thurston, River Jones and Armani Green stood in front of Rocketship Rise Academy on Raynolds Place on Tuesday afternoon and read monologues they prepared under the tutelage of Britney Ayala, their arts and drama teacher. Each monologue touched on themes of violence and how young people use their voices to compel change.
