People on the Street | Rufus Glen Sampson (Part 1)
Rufus Sampson talks about the importance of mindset, taking care of the future and being willing to sacrifice. Continue reading People on the Street | Rufus Glen Sampson (Part 1)
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People on the Street | Damon Eubanks
Damon Eubanks was born with an active imagination and developed a passion for travel and an appreciation for experiences, qualities that have allowed him to follow his dreams as an adult. Continue reading People on the Street | Damon Eubanks
“They knew I was gonna wake up soon”
Keon Hamler, who overcame a challenging childhood, is still searching for his place in the world. Continue reading “They knew I was gonna wake up soon”
“We teach, each”
John Branham stands at the end of a long, shaded driveway near the corner of 52nd and Villard. Branham has overcome more than a few challenges in his time; it all goes back to the dinner-table conversations his parents would conduct every night, he says. Though they struggled as a family, it was always about looking forward, and the possibilities of tomorrow.
“Now that I look back over my childhood, that’s what gave me strength — bein’ optimistic,” he says. “You know, because … a wall can be built but you can go around the wall, over the wall, [or] you walk through the wall.”
“If I could write a book”
Calvin Young saunters down the steps of a porch near 37th and Roberts in Washington Park. The 55-year-old, distinguished by his fully grey, mid-length beard and two-tone skin color, walks into the empty, sunlit street to ask for a dollar or two.
“I’m trying to change my life around. [The] only thing, right now, is I’m just an alcoholic — that’s it, that’s all,” says Young, who admits he was once addicted to crack cocaine, as well.