{"id":3532,"date":"2023-11-09T00:30:41","date_gmt":"2023-11-09T00:30:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dwd.ubp.mybluehost.me\/website_b4b2b825\/?p=3532"},"modified":"2024-05-30T15:58:21","modified_gmt":"2024-05-30T15:58:21","slug":"a-full-circle-moment-daryls-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sowhatelse.org\/staging\/1792\/a-full-circle-moment-daryls-story\/","title":{"rendered":"A Full Circle Moment: Daryl\u2019s Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3609 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/dwd.ubp.mybluehost.me\/website_b4b2b825\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/daryl.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"180\" height=\"240\" \/>Daryl\u2019s life didn\u2019t start off easy. Growing up in the Wingate community of Washington, DC, he often recalls there being rampant violence in his neighborhood growing up. His mother, hoping to give him a better way, enrolled him in a So What Else youth program, and while she couldn\u2019t have known it then, this soon became one of the major themes of Daryl\u2019s life &#8211; and his family\u2019s.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You see, Daryl isn\u2019t just one of our former students. He\u2019s also a former volunteer and current employee, spending nearly his entire life involved with So What Else in one capacity or another. As time went on, many of his family members became involved in the So What Else movement, with many of them still working as So What Else staff members today.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Years ago, after aging out of the program, Daryl made the decision to come back to volunteer, feeling that it \u201cput him in a better mindset\u201d and \u201cadded positivity\u201d to his life. So when he was given the opportunity to work for So What Else as a paid teacher, he couldn\u2019t resist. \u201cSo What Else showed me a lot,&#8221; shared Daryl. &#8220;Teaching is hard, but I like that I can pay it forward and be a good role model for today\u2019s kids.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At So What Else, our youth programs don\u2019t just end when our students age out. By offering positive, productive opportunities to teens and young adults, we give our students the ability to grow with us and give back to the organization they\u2019ve known since childhood. In doing so, we\u2019re creating an intergenerational community of students, volunteers, teachers, and supporters working together to address the root causes of violence and create a better future for all.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yesterday&#8217;s students are today\u2019s teachers and mentors. 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