Peacemakers
“I will carry a gun when I am older — but I will never need to carry one because I am a peacemaker,” says Brandon Albritton (left), 13, a member of the dance troupe the Peacemakers, practicing at the Northwinds Apartments complex in Ferguson. Cynthia Barnett, who lives in the complex, started the group along with La’Keisha Ellis of University City. The two met during protests after the 2014 Michael Brown shooting. “I wanted to create something positive for the kids,” says Barnett. “I wanted to give them something to do instead of being another statistic like Mike Brown.”