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Eddie Bocanegra is the executive director of Chicago's Urban Warriors program, which pairs veterans with teenage boys as they work through processing trauma as a result of living around violence. After serving 14 years for a gang-related murder, Bocanegra graduated from the University of Chicago and created the Urban Warriors program.<br />
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  • Chicago, Illinois - December 6, 2015. <br />
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Eddie Bocanegra is the executive director of Chicago's Urban Warriors program, which pairs veterans with teenage boys as they work through processing trauma as a result of living around violence. After serving 14 years for a gang-related murder, Bocanegra graduated from the University of Chicago and created the Urban Warriors program.<br />
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Alyssa Schukar for NPR
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  • Chicago, Illinois - December 6, 2015. <br />
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Jim Clarks, 15, participates in the Chicago's Urban Warriors program on Saturday, Dec. 5, 2015. The program is designed to bring together veterans and youth who have been exposed to the city's violence.<br />
Alyssa Schukar for NPR
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  • Chicago, Illinois - December 6, 2015. <br />
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Noel Melecio, 15, participates in the Chicago's Urban Warriors program on Saturday, Dec. 5, 2015. The program is designed to bring together veterans and youth who have been exposed to the city's violence.<br />
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  • Chicago, Illinois - December 6, 2015. <br />
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Veteran Mikhail Dasovich, who served as a Marine in Sangin in Afghanistan, shares his tattoos with participants of Chicago's Urban Warriors program on Saturday, Dec. 5, 2015. The program is designed to bring together veterans and youth who have been exposed to the city's violence.<br />
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  • Chicago, Illinois - December 6, 2015. <br />
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Veteran Mikhail Dasovich, who served as a Marine in Sangin in Afghanistan, shares his tattoos with participants of Chicago's Urban Warriors program on Saturday, Dec. 5, 2015. The program is designed to bring together veterans and youth who have been exposed to the city's violence.<br />
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Alyssa Schukar for NPR
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  • Chicago, Illinois - December 6, 2015. <br />
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Eddie Bocanegra, the executive director of Chicago's Urban Warriors program, speaks with veterans and teenage boys before the program begins in the Humboldt Park neighborhood of Chicago on Saturday, Dec. 5, 2015. After serving 14 years for a gang-related murder, Bocanegra graduated from the University of Chicago and created the Urban Warriors program.<br />
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Alyssa Schukar for NPR
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Noel Melecio, 15, talks with YMCA outreach worker John Vergara during the Chicago's Urban Warriors program on Saturday, Dec. 5, 2015. The program is designed to bring together veterans and youth who have been exposed to the city's violence.<br />
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Alyssa Schukar for NPR
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  • Chicago, Illinois - December 6, 2015. <br />
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Noel Melecio, 15, talks with YMCA outreach worker John Vergara during the Chicago's Urban Warriors program on Saturday, Dec. 5, 2015. The program is designed to bring together veterans and youth who have been exposed to the city's violence.<br />
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Alyssa Schukar for NPR
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  • Chicago, Illinois - December 6, 2015. <br />
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A family passes by the YMCA in the Chicago neighborhood of Humboldt Park on Saturday, Dec. 5, 2015. The Urban Warriors program, which takes place here and in the Little Village neighborhood, pairs veterans with teenage boys as they work through processing trauma as a result of living around violence. <br />
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A mural brightens a wall of the YMCA in the Chicago neighborhood of Humboldt Park on Saturday, Dec. 5, 2015. The Urban Warriors program, which takes place here and in the Little Village neighborhood, pairs veterans with teenage boys as they work through processing trauma as a result of living around violence. <br />
Alyssa Schukar for NPR
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Jim Clarks, 15, talks with Army veteran Alberto Bóleros during Chicago's Urban Warriors program on Saturday, Dec. 5, 2015. The program is designed to bring together veterans and youth who have been exposed to the city's violence.<br />
Alyssa Schukar for NPR
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Jim Clarks, 15, hangs out with veterans including Mikhail Dasovich, at left, and Jamal McPherson, at center, during Chicago's Urban Warriors program on Saturday, Dec. 5, 2015. The program is designed to bring together veterans and youth who have been exposed to the city's violence.<br />
Alyssa Schukar for NPR
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  • Chicago, Illinois - December 6, 2015. <br />
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In an exercise designed to open up the conversation between veterans and teenagers, Army veteran Tyler Mason waits for others to ask him questions during Chicago's Urban Warriors program on Saturday, Dec. 5, 2015. The program is designed to bring together veterans and youth who have been exposed to the city's violence.<br />
Alyssa Schukar for NPR
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  • Chicago, Illinois - December 6, 2015. <br />
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From left, Marine veterans Richard Rivera and Mikhail Dasovich help a youth participate in a trust-building exercise during Chicago's Urban Warriors program on Saturday, Dec. 5, 2015. The program is designed to bring together veterans and youth who have been exposed to the city's violence.<br />
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In an exercise designed to open up the conversation between veterans and teenagers, Navy veteran Jamal McPherson waits for others to ask him questions during Chicago's Urban Warriors program on Saturday, Dec. 5, 2015. The program is designed to bring together veterans and youth who have been exposed to the city's violence.<br />
Alyssa Schukar for NPR
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  • Chicago, Illinois - December 6, 2015. <br />
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Eddie Bocanegra, the executive director of Chicago's Urban Warriors program, speaks with veterans and teenage boys before the program begins in the Humboldt Park neighborhood of Chicago on Saturday, Dec. 5, 2015. After serving 14 years for a gang-related murder, Bocanegra graduated from the University of Chicago and created the Urban Warriors program.<br />
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Alyssa Schukar for NPR
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  • Chicago, Illinois - December 6, 2015. <br />
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Jim Clarks, 15, participates in the Chicago's Urban Warriors program on Saturday, Dec. 5, 2015. The program is designed to bring together veterans and youth who have been exposed to the city's violence.<br />
Alyssa Schukar for NPR
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  • Chicago, Illinois - December 6, 2015. <br />
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Jim Clarks, 15, talks with Army veteran Alberto Bóleros, at right, during Chicago's Urban Warriors program on Saturday, Dec. 5, 2015. The program is designed to bring together veterans and youth who have been exposed to the city's violence.<br />
Alyssa Schukar for NPR
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  • Chicago, Illinois - December 6, 2015. <br />
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Jim Clarks, 15, participates in the Chicago's Urban Warriors program on Saturday, Dec. 5, 2015. The program is designed to bring together veterans and youth who have been exposed to the city's violence.<br />
Alyssa Schukar for NPR
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  • Chicago, Illinois - December 6, 2015. <br />
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Noel Melecio, 15, participates in the Chicago's Urban Warriors program on Saturday, Dec. 5, 2015. The program is designed to bring together veterans and youth who have been exposed to the city's violence.<br />
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Alyssa Schukar for NPR
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  • Chicago, Illinois - December 6, 2015. <br />
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Veteran Mikhail Dasovich served as a Marine in Sangin in Afghanistan and now works with youth as part of Chicago's Urban Warriors program. The program is designed to bring together veterans and youth who have been exposed to the city's violence.<br />
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Alyssa Schukar for NPR
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In an exercise designed to open up the conversation between veterans and teenagers, Navy veteran Jamal McPherson waits for others to ask him questions during Chicago's Urban Warriors program on Saturday, Dec. 5, 2015. The program is designed to bring together veterans and youth who have been exposed to the city's violence.<br />
Alyssa Schukar for NPR
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