STREET BEAT: ‘What made this summer memorable for you?’

Kanya Stewart

Kanya Stewart

Tallahassee, Florida

“We found a way to be of service by just having fun and gathering. … I’ll never forget that opportunity to fellowship and to be about strengthening other people.” 

 

 

Aaliyah Wilkerson

Byron, Georgia

“My faith was really tested this summer. I feel like I’ve grown a lot spiritually, and I know that there’s nothing I cannot do without God. I’m realizing that I am really unstoppable.”

 

 

Diana Lewis

Chicago

“An annual event that I host. It’s a weekend music fest.  It was the second annual and it is just blowing up and doing what we wanted it to do.” 

 

Vickie Thomas

Detroit

“My dad turned 94 last weekend. To see him at 94 still be so alive and vibrant.  He was on the dance floor dropping it like it was hot.” 

Compiled by Cynthia Gibson in Birmingham, Alabama.