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Youths go from 'boys in the hood' to 'gentlemen on the town'

One hundred men and boys, ranging from six to 79 years old, milled around a large upstairs room at Redemption Fellowship Church on the North Side. In one corner, a barber was cutting a teen's hair. Along a wall, racks of tuxedos hung in brown garment bags. Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service reports that this scene marked the final preparations for the latest event in Andre Lee Ellis' "We Got This" grassroots program to support and mentor young black men in his neighborhood.