Tennis courts (turned soccer fields) keep youth away from danger

Many youth who live in low-income neighborhoods are without adult supervision from the time they leave school until the time they have dinner, or later. DeForest Park in North Long Beach has become a place for kids all over the city, an after school destination and a place to sweat and socialize.  Years ago, kids turned the tennis courts into a makeshift soccer arena -- a more popular sport among the low-income youth of Long Beach.  Read more at Voicewaves.This piece was produced at a youth media boot camp hosted by The California Endowment at Media Arts Center San Diego.

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