From West Baltimore: Chasing Dreams

Growing up in West Baltimore, a neighborhood plagued with high unemployment, generational poverty and a 40% high school dropout rate, Princaya, Davioin, Courtney, Tyler and Shakeer live with violence at their doorsteps and fears of being killed by the police. Chasing their dreams for a better life, they focus on education, taking honors and AP classes in high school. Suddenly world events challenge their successful journeys with the pandemic and the national outrage at the George Floyd killing. Growing up in West Baltimore, a neighborhood plagued with high unemployment, generational poverty and a 40% high school dropout rate, Princaya, Davioin, Courtney, Tyler and Shakeer live with violence at their doorsteps and fears of being killed by the police. Chasing their dreams for a better life, they focus on education, taking honors and AP classes in high school. Suddenly world events challenge their successful journeys with the pandemic and the national outrage at the George Floyd killing. Growing up in West Baltimore, a neighborhood plagued with high unemployment, generational poverty and a 40% high school dropout rate, Princaya, Davioin, Courtney, Tyler and Shakeer live with violence at their doorsteps and fears of being killed by the police. Chasing their dreams for a better life, they focus on education, taking honors and AP classes in high school. Suddenly world events challenge their successful journeys with the pandemic and the national outrage at the George Floyd killing. Growing up in West Baltimore, a neighborhood plagued with high unemployment, generational poverty and a 40% high school dropout rate, Princaya, Davioin, Courtney, Tyler and Shakeer live with violence at their doorsteps and fears of being killed by the police. Chasing their dreams for a better life, they focus on education, taking honors and AP classes in high school. Suddenly world events challenge their successful journeys with the pandemic and the national outrage at the George Floyd killing.