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Local group wants to change negative stereotypes of inner city youths
By Sandra Jones, WHYY | September 17, 2024
Our partners at DayOneNotDayTwo spoke to WHYY about the work they are doing to build a youth-led movement to build narrative power and heal through creative expression.
At 17, Andre Simms was sentenced to 14 years behind bars for attempted murder. He spent eight of those years incarcerated at several Pennsylvania Correctional facilities.
Simms is on a mission to save young people in this city from what he calls an oppressive judicial system.
In 2021, he started DayOneNotDayTwo to change how young people are often portrayed in the media.