Daily News | ‘This is home. This is their sanity. This is their happy place.’
On any given Tuesday or Thursday in West Philadelphia, hundreds of young people from across the city come together for a free carnival held inside of a church.
I grew up with all my best friends being drug dealers. I was getting caught up into that because I felt that that’s what it meant to be a man. Plainfield is where I’m from, but Newark and New York City are the streets that I ran. Why do you think Level Up been so successful at creating a space and an environment that kids from all over the city are excited to come to?
And then the last part is consistency. Back-breaking consistency, delivering on your word with these kids. I have eight state agents that do mandatory weapons checks out on the street. We’re taking knives, we’re taking mace, we’re taking combs turned into daggers. We’re taking everything. No vapes, no ski masks, to really make it safe.
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