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MY BLOCK, MY HOOD, MY CITY

oronavirus quarantine has shown us how stifling it feels to never, ever leave our streets. (Or, let’s be real, our apartments.) That’s doubly true for kids in under-resourced communities, even in non-COVID times. The organizers of My Block, My Hood, My City believe one of the first steps toward breaking

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