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My Name is Stephen Ritz. I am a Bronx born educator and resident.
Here in the South Bronx we're growing our way into a whole new economy
And that's beautiful. Where there are no jobs and no access...
now we're creating it.
Most of my kids come to me from foster care...
...homelessness, many have special needs. When we started making money
at our farmers market, the first thing our kids did is decided that we were going to sponsor orphans.
So as much as my kids received, they were able to give. I'm proud of them.
My first group of kids came back today on their time
to tutor the next generation of kids.
So when you give kids experiences, you move them into spheres of success
that they've never had.
And most importantly when they come here and get the skills that they need, they become employees elsewhere.
We're planting seeds. Seeds of hope...
seeds of opportunity and seeds of a new economy.
Here in the South Bronx we are harvesting hope and cultivating minds.