00:00I'm hungry. I don't eat.
00:02You're hungry?
00:02Yes. After this game, please get something to me.
00:07Ain't nothing gonna stop me from doing what I gotta do to take care of these kids.
00:10They didn't ask to be in this predicament. None of them.
00:15And anything I can do, anything I gotta do, if it takes the last breath of me, I'm gonna do
00:21it.
00:22And you don't have to be afraid anymore, because we're gonna try to get you some help.
00:26Is that okay? You love me?
00:28And get to stepping.
00:34Years ago, they said if a black man made it to C25, they'd beat the aunts.
00:43So what you wanna do? Like, when you grow up? What you wanna do when you grow up?
00:48I wanna be a girl with my school kids.
00:51I wanna be a channel leader.
00:54But today, we're just really concerned about them making it through high school.
01:02When you got kids who are so far economically behind, it's almost impossible for them to catch up.
01:09If you run a 100-yard dash, and you're 40 or 50, 60 yards ahead of me, how can I
01:14catch up with you?
01:18Can you tell me more about what it is exactly that you do?
01:23Our goal is for every one of the children that joins our program, is to make them graduate from college.
01:30Ninety percent of the kids who I deal with, the father's not there in the home.
01:34Many times, I've found myself being that father to the children.
01:38The things he's done for kids.
01:40He would take money literally out of his pocket and pretty much pay for these kids to go on these
01:46trips.
01:47Things that they would never be able to go to in their life.
01:50We are fighting against poverty, gangs, and drugs in a society where instant gratification or results are promised or even
01:57expected.
01:58And I have found that these kids can be successful if only given an opportunity.
02:08They make a difference in the lives of children.
02:16My calling is to help my people and try to help save one child at a time.
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