May 01, 2008

Hi, my name is Jay Carter an I am a senior here at City Charter High School.

My graduation project will be focusing on community issues involving my local neigborhood in Hazelwood, PA. It is one of the most top community with high crime rates along with drug use. I believe by my interest in striving to change my community will catch the eyes of many who have been try but failed and is still waiting for change. Perhaps, some i have spoken to over the previous 10 years living in Hazelwood they all agree that they would like to see businesses development that is design to make things more convience such as, a food market, banks, clothing stores, safe playground for kids to do fun but safe activities, campsite, parks, gas station, and more homes. These are just the basic things people would like to see change in Hazelwood. I have the feeling of setting the ground or foundation of their dreams even though i know it will take great hard dedicated work for it to successed.

Part of my graduation i would like to start taking action and spreading the word for others too to take action. There has been numerous problems of holding good changes from happening do to crimes, gangs, and unsafe drugs in this community. It has made things impossible to change things when there are still those who don't get help or overall refuses it. They have made my community an unsafe place to live. I believe change needs to happen before the next young generations falls into this theory of "real life is in the street without it you are nothing but a school fool".

Some of my personal concern about the gradution project i haven't really thought about until now, but it's the time in process it will take to get local interviewers and live meetings to allow others to speak out on the current issues in communities like Hazelwood. Another, might be keeping up . "In order for things to change for the better we need to take action to change it, because what is now a custom to people lives will become every generation custom future."