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Micki Maynard · A Young Detroiter Tackles The School Situation
August 10th, 2011
Detroit lost nearly a quarter of its population during the 2010 census, and entire neighborhoods sit empty. But a determined group of people are not giving up on the city.
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One of them is Charlie Cavell, a Wayne State University student, who has taken on education as his primary cause. Cavell, 20, was profiled on NPR’s All Things Considered Tuesday evening, for his efforts to help launch a new charter school and his non-profit, the Pay It Forward Initiative.
Pay It Forward helps provide jobs for inner city kids, while Cavell, who grew up in Manchester, Michigan, is now a board member at the new charter school that will take the place of Loving Elementary on Detroit’s east side.
Says Cavell: “Rough times for some people, but I’m hoping to do what I can to fix that.”
