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A star football player from Chicago’s Simeon Career Academy has been killed. Police discovered Demarius Reed in a hallway at the University Green apartments in Ypsilanti, Michigan this morning.Reed was a junior at Eastern Michigan University. He was also the wide receiver for the school’s football team.

Seven prisoners at the Lee Correctional Institution in Bishopville, South Carolina are dead following what is being described as a mass brawl. Seventeen were also injured following the melee that began around 7:15 pm Sunday night, and the facility was not secured until around eight hours later according to reports from Buzzfeed. The South Carolina […]

Chicago community activist Andrew Holmes is offering a $1,000 reward to anyone with information leading to the capture of a suspect who shot and killed a 16-year-old student over the weekend. Michael Flournoy, who attended Simeon Career Academy, died Saturday evening while on his way to a movie. 

All eyes have been on Chicago Bulls guard Derrick Rose since his days at Simeon Vocational Career Academy. He made history as the NBA’s youngest most valuable player ever. But it’s Rose’s injuries that have kept him in the spotlight in recent months. The latest one happened just a couple of weeks ago, when Rose […]

Two people have been arrested in connection to the fatal shooting of Eastern Michigan University football player Demarius Reed. Reed was found dead outside of his off-campus home at University Green apartments on Oct. 18.

This is an introduction to a series of ongoing posts featuring youth voices and images from Graduation, a multimedia project about Chicago youth violence.

17 year-old Tyrone Lawson was shot and killed after a brawl broke out at the end of a HS basketball game at Chicago State University. Another tragic incidence of gun violence, ironically taking place on the heels of the White House’s gun violence initiative.How do we stop the violence?

Very few athletes, or any person in the public eye for that matter, handle themselves with the amount of humility and class that Derrick Rose does. And I for one am so glad that he can be someone who kids look up to. More kids will believe that they can make it. Because he did.

High school principal apologises for black students are ‘less smart’ comments Staff Writer, Daily Mail, 1/17/12   African-American Students in Culinary Arts Program at Simeon Career Academy Look Forward to Careers Robin Robinson, FOX Chicago News, 1/19/12   Youth violence plagues California, but encouraging signs emerging Tia Ghose , California Watch, 1/16/12   Fighting Youth […]

Science shows no link between games and violence Karen Sternheimer & Michael D. Gallagher, December 19, 2010 Youth festival marred by violence Staff Writer, IOL News, December 19, 2010 Youth portal ends on high note Frederica Elbourne, Fiji Times, December 19, 2010 Crowd prays for an end to violence after Flint breaks homicide record Beata Mostafavi, Flint Journal, […]

Greater respect toward others The Tribune-Democrat, September 12, 2010 New ATF boss feels kinship with troubled youth O’Ryan Johnson, Boston Herald, September 12, 2010 Student Org. Aids African Orphanage Cindy Huynh, Cornell Daily Sun, September 12, 2010 With grant, gym turns to full-time youth mentoring Sean Golden, The Eagle-Gazette, September 12, 2010 Teens work to improve dunes parks’ […]