the-providence-effect.jpegThank you to my dear friend, Monica Fountain, for telling me about this movie. Providence St. Mel is her husband’s (John) alma mater. (Check out the essay John wrote for the Chicago Sun Times on September 4th.)

This school is located on Chicago’s West Side, where gangs and drugs are realities, and yet the school reports that for 29 straight years, it has placed 100 percent of its high-school graduates in colleges. Of course this figure benefits from the school’s policy of expelling troublemakers, but it also reflects its commitment to providing deserving students with a quality education.

Unfortunately, movies like this don’t get promoted or supported as heavily as the crime films, so let’s show our support THIS weekend.

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