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I used to think I couldn’t get out of hell: Chicago public school students react to TEDxYouth@Midwest

I used to think I couldn’t get out of hell: Chicago public school students react to TEDxYouth@Midwest

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Earlier this month, 450 Chicago public school sophomores and juniors, plus 120 of their teachers, crowded into the city’s Harris Theater for TEDxYouth@Midwest, an event all about inspiring, motivating and empowering the young people of a city known for youth gun violence, but full of so much more — culture, history, educators and students dedicated []