Willie Joyner, founder of HYPE, talks about how the step team helps young men in the community to become positive forces of their community on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014 in Greenville, N.C. Joyner, now an assistant principal at North Pitt High School, said the challenge of stepping is what initially draws interest, but a bond that forms among team members keeps them dedicated. The middle schoolers also began a big brother program, tutoring and reading to at-risk males at feeder elementary schools and motivating them in the example Joyner set. (AP Photo/The Daily Reflector, Sara Cowell)
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