Teenager Chosen for Global Peace Initiative

A TEENAGER FROM IMMOKALEE WILL TRAVEL TO ROME SHOWN TO TAKE PART IN A GLOBAL INITIATIVE FOR PEACE. ABOUT 40 YOUNG PEOPLE FROM SOME OF THE MOST TROUBLED PLACES ON EARTH. WILL COLLABORATE ON WAYS TO BRING PEACE BECAUSE THEIR HOME COMMUNITIES IMMOKALEE IS A LONGTIME FARMWORKERS COMMUNITY. AND RECENTLY THE SITE OF AGGRESSIVE IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT. WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET THE YOUNG MAN WHO WAS WILLING TO GIVE HIS ALL TO MAKE HIS HOMETOWN A BETTER PLACE. 18 YEAR-OLD SOL RIOS TOOK THIS VIDEO OF AGENTS DETAINING SUSPECTED UNDOCUMENTED PEOPLE NEAR IMMOKALEE. >> YOUR HEART SINK AND YOUR NEW HIGH 6 YEARS TO MAKING IT JUST FEELING ALL SORT OF WAYS THAT YOU LIKE THE UNEXPECTED AND IS IN THE UNKNOWING THIS AND WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN NEXT. >> RIO SAYS HE WAS STUNNED. I THOUGHT HE SAW THE IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT AROUND IMMOKALEE AND BY ACTIONS IN MINNESOTA THAT LED TO THE KILLINGS OF 2 U.S. CITIZENS. >> AS MUCH AS IT BROKE ME UNLESS THE HOPELESS. REDDICK LED ME TO BECOME PASSIONATE ABOUT CREATING CHANGE. >> NOW A GROUP CALLED PROJECT OXYGEN WILL GIVE REYES AND OTHERS A WAY TO MAKE CHANGE TO WORK FOR PEACE. TEENAGERS FROM THE UKRAINE WILL JOIN THE GROUP IN ROME AND SO WILL YOUNG PEOPLE WHO'VE GROWN UP IN THE BRUTAL CIVIL WAR IN SHOWDOWN. PROJECT OXYGEN WAS FOUNDED BY KATHLEEN HAZARD. SHE CREATED KIDS CONNECT UKRAINE A FEW YEARS AGO. SHE SAYS YOUNG PEOPLE SURVIVING WAR AND DEALING WITH IMMIGRATION CRACKDOWNS HAVE THIS IN COMMON. >> THEY HAVE TO HOLD THEIR BREATH. I MEAN, OUR KIDS IN UKRAINE WHO I WORK WITH SINCE 10 MONTHS INTO THE WAR THEY HOLD THEIR BREATH ON A REGULAR BASIS BECAUSE AND THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE NEXT MOMENT. WE'RE GOING TO GIVE THEM A PLACE TO EXHALE. WE'RE GOING TO GIVE THEM AWAY. 2. TO JUST BREATHE AGAIN AND GET ON THE ACTIVE SIDE OF 3 OTHERS THAT THE OTHER BEING TO BE ABLE TO GET THEM >> THE CHURCH IS SAUL REYES IS APPLICATION OF HIS FEELINGS ABOUT IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT TOUCH HER. SHE TALKED WITH US FROM HER HOME IN NORTH CAROLINA. >> BUT HE TALKED ABOUT HOW PEOPLE HE KNEW WHERE WERE RIPPED OFF THE STREETS AND AND SENT TO ALLIGATOR ALCATRAZ AND AND HOW. HE HAD TO STAND UP FOR THE RIGHTS OF HIS COMMUNITY. PRESSURE TALKED OF THE EXPERIENCES OF THE TEAMS CHOSEN FOR THE PEACE CONFERENCE. >> IT BROUGHT HER TO TEARS. >> THE STORIES THE KIDS TOLD. ABOUT THEIR REALITIES AND HOW. I'M JUST THEY WERE. MADE ME WANT TO PUT MY OUR SCRIPT WITH A LOOK GREAT. BUT IT DID. BUT ALSO GIVE THEM A WAY TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. >> IT'S ALREADY A SAYS THE U.S. CITIZEN WHO LIVES WITH HIS MOTHER, A U.S. ARMY VETERAN AND OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS HE'S GRADUATING FROM LOCKLEY HIGH SCHOOL AND ONE OF 9 AMERICANS CHOSEN FOR THIS FIRST PEACE INITIATIVE. HE'S ALSO BEEN DUAL ENROLLED AT FGCU AND HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN THE NAPLES WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL. HE IS ENROLLED TO START OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO ON A FULL SCHOLARSHIP LATER THIS SUMMER. WHILE IN ROME, HE WILL BRAINSTORM WITH THE OTHER YOUNG PEOPLE AND COME BACK WITH A PEACE PLAN FOR IMMOKALEE. >> CONSCIOUSNESS PLUS COME IN THE ENGLISH FANS. SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE I SEE MYSELF COMING BACK ON TO THIS COMMUNITY AND BRING RAIN THAT CONSCIOUS AS BEING AN AWARENESS AND THEN FINDING WAYS TO CONNECT THE YOUTH TO CREATE CHANGE. >> POPE LEO, THE 14TH IS SCHEDULED TO MEET WITH RADIUS OF THE OTHERS WHEN THEIR IN-ROOM, ACCORDING TO PROJECT OXYGEN REYES, HOPES TO DRAW INSPIRATION FROM THE POT OF AND SAYS HE'LL REMEMBER THE TEACHINGS OF ANOTHER. >> FIGHTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS. THERE'S A QUOTE COME FROM MIND THAT THE KING CHANGE IS NOT COMING ON THE INEVITABLE WHEELS BUT DO CONTINUE TO STRUGGLE. AND FOR ME LIKE THAT IS WHAT I KEEP CLOSE TO MY HEART. IN IMMOKALEE, LIKE A LOT OF PLACES AROUND THE WORLD. >> THE HUMAN SPIRIT IS RESILIENT PROJECT OXYGEN WANTS TO SEE WHETHER THAT PLUS THE HOPES AND THE ENERGY OF YOUNG PEOPLE LIKE SAUL REYES CAN GIVE PEACE A