Sy Bounds & Larry Stafford Come Together for Maywood's Youth @ The Maywood Library

I've developed many creative strategies over the years for the youth of Maywood without the help or even mediocre participation of Maywood public officials. My intent here is surely not to grind an ax because I did not receive a helping hand from the very officials charged with providing these services. My point is to set the record straight. My friend Larry has insisted many times that I tell the story about how we (Larry, myself and a few others) tried over and over many times (with no help from the tired old school attitudes permeating just about every institution in Maywood) to set in place innovative, programs and projects designed to demonstrate to local youth that many alternative opportunities were available. We know because we can document them. I'm going to link some of the sites that reveal online proof of the projects that I personally took to every institution in Maywood over the years in the top right column under Sy's Creative Resources. And then I will show photos of others that I've developed on Chicago's westside, over all these years I can put my finger on few decent public servants whom has offered or tried to help as I planned and executed some of these innovative projects. You know what the common statement was when I would approach community leaders over the years was? It was where have you done this before! As opposed to how can we include this into our program, Sy! We've had a long tradition of gatekeepers in our neighborhoods. We are paying an incredibly steep price for blocking projects like the ones that I've tried to implement thru the years. An ongoing lack of traditional job opportunities means that we should place our collective focus on creating and seeking new emerging technology based skills, training and learning. Do it everyday! Create small study groups, small networking groups, small job search groups. You form small teams today in order to compete. And you must collectively combine, evaluate your groups technology potential. And then take your messages, products and services to the general marketplace using social media!

If you want to get started setting up innovative projects in your neighborhood, then you should follow my blog: http://syssaturdaysatorracademy.blogspot.com/