“‘Walk Yourself,’ My Mom Mocked at My Wedding — So I Walked Alone… Until the Mayor, a Senator, and My Superintendent All Stood Up for My ‘Nobody’ Husband.”

of his own friends who’d fallen through the cracks in neighborhoods like the one he came from.

Over the years, he’d built it into an organization that provided tutoring, mentorship, job training, and safe spaces for kids who had nowhere else to go. He’d written grants, lobbied the city council, partnered with local businesses. He’d been featured in continue reading …