Special Thanks To

Dr. Gregory Michie: Author of Holler If You Hear Me

Joel Rodriguez: Member of SWOP 

Dr. Brian Schultz: Education teacher at NEIU
Without you this website would not have been possible.  We appreciate everything you did for us. Thank you again.  
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