I recently joined the board of Boxing Out Negativity. The organization operates in North Lawndale, a notoriously challenging community. Our program director, Derrick Brown, gets kids off the streets and into the boxing gym, but teaches them much more than boxing, conditioning, and strength training. The idea is that through peace circles, communication, and conflict resolution, we can give some of Chicago‘s youth an alternative to gang affiliation. My role there is treasurer, and we are working to enhance the breadth of our funding, which needs a lot of help from individual donations.
