It felt joyful, if also a little precarious, to be up on that table, but what was even more wonderful was stepping back down into a space where I belong, among people who support one another. Extreme Kids, after all, is not just a space to be, it’s a space to belong; the sense of community I felt among the crowd in the Factor’s living room extends into the schools where we work and the places we have created community across our city.
Andrew agreed to participate in the Right to Be Me campaign and I commissioned some of his art for the design. We also chatted about Extreme Kids and his interests, "Creating art makes me feel good inside, because it makes me feel like I can do more and more. I can do anything."