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Description Members of the Battle Creek Police Department Gang Violence Suppression Unit assist with event security at the opening game of the 2007 Battle Creek Central High School football season.

Laura Adams, Battle Creek, Michigan
Member Since January 2008
Artist Statement I am a street photographer and activist who works to prevent youth crime and gang violence in my community. The Left Behind collection depicts the realities of life for at-risk adolescents at the dawn of the 21st century. All of the photographs in the collection were taken within 3 blocks of the local inner-city high school, which is two blocks from my neighborhood.

While I was shooting the photos for this collection, I became a hero. Among my photographs are pictures of members of a street gang on their way to and from opening fire on a schoolbus full of students from the local alternative school.

I nearly became a victim. They came for me two days later.

Thanks ADT.

In May of this year, after receiving a very special award from the Battle Creek Police Departmnt for my help in solving a crime, I spoke at a CrimeWatch rally in my neighborhood. I introduced my town to the concept of Village Thinking, the only thing that will save our children who have been left behind from a bleak future of unemployment, criminal activity, prison, and death at an early age.

The images in this collection are intended for fund-raising, in order to generate matching funds for the Village Thinking Initiative, which is part of an 8-step plan to create a gang-free community in Battle Creek, Michigan.

Please give generously, our kids need your help, too. They have no hope, and no future.

Laura Adams, Children's Advocate