StoryCorps Chicago: ‘It Takes A Lot More To Being Grown Than Just Saying That You’re Grown’
By Bill HealyStoryCorps Chicago: ‘It Takes A Lot More To Being Grown Than Just Saying That You’re Grown’
By Bill Healy
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Amari Allen and Trenette “T-Nice” Gresham work together at Ignite Drop-In Resource Center on Chicago’s South Side. They’re peer educators, and that sometimes means young people feel more comfortable talking to them than case managers. Last month at StoryCorps, Amari and T-Nice talked about their childhoods and what it was like to have to take responsibility for your life at a young age.
Special thanks to Ignite Drop-In Resource Center.
This interview was facilitated by StoryCorps Chicago’s Mary Bess Ser.
Bill Healy produces StoryCorps Chicago for WBEZ and teaches journalism at Northwestern University. Follow him @chicagoan.