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Many people making a positive difference in the world today came from the worst projects in New York City. Some came from Atlantic terminals in Fort Greene Brooklyn, Ravenswood houses in Queens, Hammels projects in Far Rockaway, Walt Whitman projects in Brooklyn, Farragut projects, Flatbush Gardens projects (formerly known as Vandeveer projects on New York and Foster Avenue in Brooklyn), and Queensbridge projects.
Believe it or not, there's a few undocumented cases of unsung heroes from Queensbridge projects and other projects throughout New York who did the transformation educational work and graduated from Ivy League colleges such as Harvard University, like this young man from QB projects.
Judge Sonia Sotomayor came from the New York City projects. Sotomayor defied failure by believing in herself and did the transformation work despite her upbringing by a single mother and living in the projects.
Today, Judge Sotomayor had Bronxdale Houses renamed in her honor of becoming a U.S. Supreme Court justice. Indeed, she did the transformation work and stayed inspired.
Judge Carol Edmead discusses Queensbridge projects, and explains while sitting on the bench that there's nothing wrong "living in a New York City housing project." It doesn't matter if a person grew up in the projects on New York or anywhere. It's the spirit inside the person and determination that counts. Where a person lives is just temporary.
Did you know Queensbridge projects back in the day was a very nice place to live? People of many races lived together in harmony back in the 1950s -1960s. They played outside and enjoyed racial unity in Queensbridge projects. This is the same project complex that bred rappers Jungle, Mobb Deep, NAS, and Nature.
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Don't sleep on anyone who came from the projects because you don't know how much they will achieve in the future and positively impact the lives of others.