A few months back, I wrote about the senseless death of a young man named Damian Turner. Well I am happy to share information about a campaign that has been launched by some of his friends and peers on the southside of Chicago to get a trauma center in his name and for all of the other people in their neighborhood.

Instead of pontificating about the campaign, I will let these young people speak for themselves through a music video that they have produced. I only want to say one thing about this: young people in urban centers across the U.S. are subjected to brutal, unforgiving, and oppressive systemic violence every day. I don’t want to hear about youth violence unless adults are willing to address the role and impact of adult-created systemic violence against young people.