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	Destiny’s Essence is the Many Colored Drum Beat By RCD, Age 18, 2002
	She was a warrior, I could see it by the way she carried herself. Destiny. Nine years old and I knew she was already a leader. She had already asserted her leadership in the neighborhood rhythm workshop the Youth Leadership Support Network organized for Petworth youth on a sunny fall day with the wind gentle whispering like brushes on a drum, and the sun so brilliant that kids couldn’t help but run to the park. More
	People’s Parade Promotes Peace By RCD, DC Free Press, September 2001
	Young people marched down the middle of streets and sidewalks, chanting “What do we want? Peace! When do we want it? Now!” A People’s Parade to Promote the Peace was happening in the Shaw neighborhood of Northwest D.C. Colorful puppets and banners accented the march and drew the neighborhood’s attention to the parade. Thirty-five youth and half a dozen adult supporters participated in the September 7th parade. More
	A Spotlight on Parades and Leadership Mentoring By Jason McGahan, January 2002
	I met Douglas Calvin two years ago. I had been living in D.C. one year and volunteering with a homeless shelter, a parks preservation group, and writing news articles for the D.C. Independent Media Center. Our meeting was serendipitous because I was beginning to doubt the effectiveness of my work, and to dismay at how my good intentions were being soured by inflexible bureaucracies. Doug’s ideas reinvigorated my dreams, which are like the pilot light for community activists like me. Since then I have been working with the YLSN to empower local kids the way Doug empowered me. More

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