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    But what Andrew Young dwelled on most was Compton, and how it could overcome its image of gang violence and how its proximity to L.A. , to LAX, to the beaches, to so many interesting places make it such a desirable place to reside. "Hank Williams once sang a song called `Attitude Adjustment ... And that's what's needed in Compton - the people need an attitude adjustment. They have to stop talking about what's wrong with Compton. There's so much good being done in this city. Sure, there are challenges, but they're challenges that are being overcome." He pointed to the four students present who were essay winners - three took home stipends of $1,000 each and the top prize victor earned $2,000 - as graphic examples of what can be achieved through academic achievement. Full Article at L.A. Daily News
    Hank Williams once sang a song called `Attitude Adjustment ... And that's what's needed in Compton - the people need an attitude adjustment. They have to stop talking about what's wrong with Compton. There's so much good being done in this city. Sure, there are challenges, but they're challenges that are being overcome.
    Andrew Young – Andrew Young SOURCE: L.A. Daily News 1 month ago
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KRIKORIAN: Compton's future gets top billing at RBI luncheon
  1. An eagle saw what was unfolding from overhead and flew down and told the brown chicken that he was an eagle and that he should try to fly to the nearby mountain where he belonged
    Andrew Young – Andrew Young SOURCE: L.A. Daily News 1 month ago
  2. We didn't know who the important black people were back then because they weren't allowed in public offices in those days, but we all knew who the famous black athletes were ... Athletics always played an important part in the black communities. Martin Luther King spent a lot of time at the YMCA when he...
    SOURCE: L.A. Daily News 1 month ago
  3. That brown chicken became an eagle and soared where it belonged ... And Compton can do the same. It can be that eagle, and soar to heights it thought unattainable. It just needs an attitude adjustment.
    Andrew Young – Andrew Young SOURCE: L.A. Daily News 1 month ago
  4. It would take a long time flipping burgers to make the kind of money these kids did for writing essays ... Each of these young people have the potential one day to be a famous historian, or newspaper reporter or a novelist. And they're all from Compton. It doesn't matter where you come from. What matter...
    Andrew Young – Andrew Young SOURCE: L.A. Daily News 1 month ago
  5. Always let a child know how much you love him, and that you expect great things out of him ... Let him know you'll always be there for him, and that he always can depend on you.
    Andrew Young – Andrew Young SOURCE: L.A. Daily News 1 month ago

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