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    First Lady Michelle Obama with students Brianna McGee and Jamal Brown in the rooftop garden.

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    GCYC has developed a network of gardens, including an 8,000 square foot rooftop garden, a 1.75-acre youth education garden and an environmental education garden.

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The Gary Comer Youth Center offers positive extracurricular education in a welcoming and safe environment. Our mission is to provide the support for our students to graduate from high school prepared to pursue college and careers.

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GCCP Class of 2012 tell their amazing stories in Good Magazine

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First lady takes guests to ’my backyard’

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