PHILADELPHIA - Amid rising gun violence that continues to impact Philadelphia's youth, a local teen and current college student founded a community resource center to provide a safe space for teens to gather and learn.
Akayla Brown, an 18-year-old student a Brown University, started a community based non-profit when she was just 13-years-old and later earned a Bill and Melinda Gates scholarship.
Browns youthful determination to shield the city's youth from the scourge of gun violence culminated by opening Dimplez 4 Dayz in Philadelphia's Mantua section.
Brown and her mother worked tirelessly to obtain funding to back the center where kids can find a safe place to hang out, meet mentors and learn about opportunities.MORE LOCAL HEADLINES"Wit.