Saturday, April 24, 2010
YOUNGSTOWN
For the third consecutive year, 17-year-old Brisha Merchant has derived pleasure from walking down the middle of busy Market Street on the city’s South Side.
She never ties up traffic but does express positive ties to her community by being part of an annual parade up the corridor.
Her main reason for participating has always been the same: to demonstrate to other youngsters that the city has plenty of good offerings for them.
“Youngstown is a positive place if you put your mind to it and hang with the right crowd,” Brisha said after walking in Saturday’s sixth annual Unity in the Community parade. “I wanted to be in the parade to show people that Youngstown is a positive place and that the community is more than drama.”
Brisha was one of several hundred youngsters and adults who formed the nearly milelong parade that started near Market Street and Midlothian Boulevard and headed north, ending at the HOPE Building, 2733 Market.
Read more about it in Sunday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com