Jamie Gumbrecht

It was the type of story handed to me at the last moment, with all kinds of legal restrictions about names, photos and, as always, newspaper-ish restrictions on time. But spending time with Playmaking for Girls participants — teens who’ve been in and out of detention centers and foster care — I was reminded how much can change in a few hours. This story was published in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution on June 17, 2009.

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