![I used to think I couldn’t get out of hell: Chicago public school students react to TEDxYouth@Midwest](https://i0.wp.com/blog.ted.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2013/05/tedxyouthmidwest-1.jpg?resize=283%2C212&ssl=1)
I used to think I couldn’t get out of hell: Chicago public school students react to TEDxYouth@Midwest
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 […]