North Lawndale College Prep day of service gives back to community on the last day of school [Video]

CHICAGO (WLS) — Students at North Lawndale College Prep gave back to their community Friday with a day of service on their last day of school.

“There are other people around here who do a lot of bad things, like violence in our community, and to see it’s other Black kids our age that’s doing things like this, it will spread a lot of awareness around the community,” said Armonin Solomon, 16.

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Solomon was one of many who swapped a day of goodbyes and celebrations for a day of service. It’s the West Side high school’s inaugural odyssey event, and part of the school’s Peace Warrior program, an effort to teach kids how to respond with nonviolence in challenging situations. They’re looking to change the narrative about African American teens.

“We are young African American, Hispanic students from the West Side of Chicago …