SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) — Helping Others Prioritize Education is what Dr. Robert Harper has been doing with his HOPE Initiative across the ArkLaTex and other parts of the country.
“Statistics show where the more education you have, the less likely to commit a crime,” he said. “So we use a college and career readiness foundation to prepare these young people to transition into adulthood to prepare for life after high school.”
They offer a plethora of services like college, career and life readiness programming, and social justice workshops. Last year, students got to participate in a workshop with former NFL player and Shreveport native Lifford Hobley. Also some of Shreveport law enforcement went undercover as regular people in hopes to bridge the gap in the community.
“What we did was we did a social justice workshop where we had police officers, former players, a high school student-athlete, and what we did was some…
