Several young people the students know and attend classes with have been shot and killed recently.
A.H. Parker High School students and members of the Creative Minds club Kamarion Morris, Jeremiah Barrow, Sharaia Canady, Shiloh Britt and Makayla Green discuss the importance of mental health and the impact of gun violence on their lives.Members of the A.H. Parker High School Creative Minds Club agree that being a high schooler is harder than ever.
The students meet in the library where a lively roundtable discussion takes place. Posters in Parker purple line the walls and bookshelves. The students take turns listening attentively as jokes and future aspirations are shared along with stories of grief and loss. The co-founder of his mentoring program, Wilbur Reynolds, also has a connection to Wright’s death – his mother was in the car with Wright.“There’s no manual for how to address that. How do I make somebody overcome grief? I can’t hug him and just tell him everything is going to be okay. I don’t know how he feels,” Collins said.“You hear so many stories that if you don’t ask, you wouldn’t even know,” he said.
Clark was in the high school choir and was planning to attend Jacksonville State University after graduation on scholarship through the Birmingham Promise. The students have ideas for solutions that would give young adults in the city more options, professionally and personally. Britt wants certified therapists on campus as an outlet for students.
Club co-founder Green wants more Birmingham schools to implement after school programs that keep students off the streets and away from violence.
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