WASHINGTON
– Julian Johnson
returns to his Detroit
neighborhood March
14 a success.
Two
years ago, he
was a less than
promising student
at Highland Park
Community School
going nowhere
in particular.
His grades were
mediocre and he
had no thoughts
of college.
But
he met a group
of Howard University
students in his
senior year who
changed his life.
They were part
of the University’s
Alternative Spring
Break (ASB) program
that will be returning
to the Detroit
area this year
to work with more Detroit
area residents.
“I’m
a product of ASB,”
said Johnson,
now a sophomore
at Howard.
“I wouldn’t
be going to school
if ASB didn’t
come.”
Like
many of his classmates,
Johnson said,
higher education
wasn’t high
on his list.
“Where
I’m from
there’s
not a lot of hope,”
he said. ....more |
