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26 <br />• Where do I fit in? Young people have few positive role models. <br />• It is important for us to acknowledge men in our community. <br />• My first identity doesn’t come through lens of race, but being a child of god, though I have experienced racism and <br />recognize social injustices. <br />• A lot of the time, we are fighting each other – we all have differences. <br />• “Our real enemy has nothing to do with color or economics – it is a spiritual thing. Once we can work those things <br />out, a lot can take care of itself.” <br />• I am learning things about people who are local to this area. Different sources of hurt that I have experienced. I step <br />back and acknowledge that we live in a hurting world. <br />• Early generation has disconnected, is self-secluded, and doesn’t go out for civic engagement (“it’s not for us”); <br />church is safe and outside world is distrusted. <br /> <br /> <br />Needs of African American Community <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />September 12, 2018, Work Session - Item 1