Hope Activated: ‘Without hope, all of us are gone’
“Without hope, all of us are gone,” Randy Taylor said. “So I feel like this particular organization, that we can activate the hope inside the mentee and hope will drive them to create the life that they want for themselves.” (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
After he lost one son to gang violence and another was sent to prison, Randy Taylor, a Memphis Police Department officer, created local nonprofit Hope Activated to mentor the city’s youth.
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Julia Baker
A lifelong Memphian, Julia Baker graduated from the University of Memphis in 2021. Other publications and organizations she has written for include Chalkbeat, Memphis Flyer, Memphis Parent magazine and Memphis magazine.
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