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Anybody y in here?e?
[Jessie]
I I am a mininister, but I'm m also an n advocat.
HeHey, guys.s. How arere you ?
YoYou don't t want to o get no?
How w about yoyou? YoYou don't t want to o get no?
I have a an organinization called M Mother's s Mission,
anand our mimission isis to p thosose who arare lost..
I I come herere mostlyly evey justst to chececk up on n eve.
Make s sure... i if they'r're h,
do they y need helelp to g go into a any progrgra.
I I come to o pray foror them a,
and hehelp them m to recovor
and d get a bebetter lifie fofor themseselves.
This is s the partrt in Phililaa
where ththey calll theyey Kensingngton areae.
And inin Kensingngton, ththere's a a lot of s stuff go.
Drug a addictionon, therere's prosostitutionon .
ThThere's a a lot of d drug dg inin this neneighborhohoo.
AlAlso a lotot of shooooting as.
And d a lot ofof peoplee are dydying of d drug overer.
Kensinington wasas alwayss a vevery well-l-known arara
in t the city y of Philaladel.
Um, itit was knonown a lott
for r manufactcturing duringng the timime
And d now it h has changnged t
where a a lot of t those facacs and mamanufactururing inststits
have l left Kensnsington..
Um, sosome of ththe areass
sort of f got a littlele down trtrotted.
Uh, we h have someme vacancs
inin a lot o of thesee big warerehouses..
UmUm, so thehe neighboborhd sort of f started d to get r ru.
[Jessie]
anand seeingng what's s goin
and tryiying to coconnect with thehe people,e,
we alwayays try toto connect
in a wayay that ththey know thatat they cacan trust t ,
anand we're e are therere toe themem and helelp them
in w whicheverer way thahat w.
WhWhat's youour name??
What is s your namame?
WhWhat's youour name? ? Huh?
This is s devastatating.
WhWhen you s see somebeboy that is s overdosising,
there isis no quesestion abobo,
you wawant to rurun and sase ththat persoson's lifefe.
Pleaease get u up. Come e .
-C-Come on, , buddy. -Come onon, buddy.y.
Comeme on.
This is s somethining that y yoe to be e prepareded emotionon,
you u have to o be prepepared phyhysically,,
you u have to o be prepapad inin your heheart
to undererstand, y you know,
ththat maybebe they'rere not g toto make itit.
SoSome of ththem will l make,
and d some of f them mamay not mamake it.
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FoFor a lot t of peoplple e inin this ararea,
it's norormal to t them alre.
It's's normal l that theheye somebodydy that isis overdos.
It's n normal toto see somomy out in t the streeeets fall ,
bubut it's j just not t they it's s supposed d to be.
Come on.n. What's s your nam?
[womanan] Snatchch his hatat, get hihim securere.
Yeahah, we're e wasting g mom.
You u got glovoves?
[w[woman 2]] We d don't havave anythihi.
OkOkay. Therere you gogo.
[Jessisi
Everybodody that c comes ot to thehe streetsts to helplt
ththe peoplele that arare hu.
We do o it becauause we loe the e people..
We havave a compmpassion for ththe commununity,
we have e a compasassion for the e people,,
and d we belieieve ththat we cacan help o ou.
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