Now Is The Time

NOW IS THE TIME IS A CITYWIDE INITIATIVE INSPIRING CHICAGO'S YOUNG PEOPLE TO MAKE POSITIVE CHANGE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES AND STOP YOUTH VIOLENCE AND INTOLERANCE

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"Action is your Weapon not the Weapon in your Hand"

"Strength" (Honorable Mention Winner in Writers' Theatre's Poetry Competition on turning anger into action)

Our City, Ourselves: Youth Voices for Tolerance

Students at Morton Freshman Center Combat Youth Violence

USE KINDNESS TO BURN OUT HATE

Use your ANGER for INSPIRATION

We're all human - Follw the footsteps of other upstanders

The Future Upstanders - Create your own Footsteps - Where do you stand?

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