16 year old male What I have gone through in Alabama Village. I seen people killed and lots of bad things. I used to be one of those people, even though I wa...

15 year old male My future is like a life without a soul, My future is like a boy stuck in a hole; My future is like a fish with no sea, My future is like ho...

21 year old male In my hood, you need a gun or someone is going to gun you down. So sometime I pray because I don't want to get caught up. I don't care how t...

17 year old male When I was young growing up in Alabama Village, things were terrible. People were shooting and getting shot. Drugs were all around me. I use...

Dacino, age 18 - May 2010 Light of the Village changed my life in so many ways. First and most important of all they gave me Christ. They helped me to follow...

17 year old male Growing up in Alabama Village was hard because I was seeing guns, dope, drug dealers and other bad things. Five years ago my grandma died. L...

The Third Ward is what they call it, but my hood is Prichard, Alabama. The Third is best known as Death Valley because death and shooting is the only thing y...

13 year old girl on 6/13/2008 Life is hard here in the hood; Losing loved ones to things that is no good; Young kids losing they minds to crack; Always wonde...