121509RevLeonKellyOpenDoorMP202

SHOT 12/15/09 11:38:52 AM - Rev. Leon Kelly, 56, is the executive director of the Open Door Youth Gang Alternatives in Denver, Co. Kelly mentors some 200 at-risk youths daily focusing on prevention and the after-school program he runs located at Wyatt-Edison Charter School. He has been trying to break the cycle of violence and gang involvement for more than 25 years. At one point Kelly did prison time of his own, but he was inspired to turn around his life and those of others. He added, "that sort of inspired me to know there's a way of changing someone else's life. I got the power or the influence to lead them one way or another.". (Photo by Marc Piscotty / © 2009)

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SHOT 12/15/09 11:38:52 AM - Rev. Leon Kelly, 56, is the executive director of the Open Door Youth Gang Alternatives in Denver, Co. Kelly mentors some 200 at-risk youths daily focusing on prevention and the after-school program he runs located at Wyatt-Edison Charter School. He has been trying to break the cycle of violence and gang involvement for more than 25 years. At one point Kelly did prison time of his own, but he was inspired to turn around his life and those of others. He added, "that sort of inspired me to know there's a way of changing someone else's life. I got the power or the influence to lead them one way or another.". (Photo by Marc Piscotty / © 2009)