No. 001 Front page Youngstown, OH 44502
How many of you have ever felt you had to be a product of your environment?
Your zip code is where you're from. Not where you end up.
Thought for the Week Issue 001
Grand Rapids, MI November 2, 2026
How far are you going to ride the wrong bus before you get off?
The return ride is always more expensive. If you realize you're on the wrong bus, you don't ride it to the end of the route and then decide.
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Watch everything →The move #StillHere
Two words and five digits.
- Write still here. With the period.
- Add the zip code you came up in.
- Post it. That's the whole thing.
Post yours with #StillHere. We'll run the best ones on the front page.
Book Antoine Three talks
He starts with a question, not his name.
Schools. Workforce and reentry programs. Leadership rooms. Conferences.
Book Antoine- 01
Your Zip Code Is Not Your Destination
Where you're from is a starting point. For students, youth programs, and anyone told that where they are is where they'll stay.
- 02
What Happened To You?
Stop asking what's wrong with people. Start asking what happened to them. For leaders, teams, and the people who serve people.
- 03
The First Stop
Wrong people, places, and things, and how to get off the bus before the return ride costs you. For workforce, reentry, and recovery rooms.
Shop Three things. That's it.
The Hat
Still Here. One period.
The Tee
Newsprint. Ink.
The Hoodie
Grass green stitch.
People will ask what the hat means. That's the point.
See the shop →A letter Youngstown, OH
To the kid who walks outside and only sees concrete.
I know what you see. Concrete. Broken glass. Broken-down cars on the block. Nobody sitting around a dinner table. I didn't see fresh, bright green grass either. I saw what you see, and I believed what you might believe right now, that this is just how it goes for people like us.
It's not. Your zip code is where you're from. It's a starting point. It does not have to be your destination. I'm standing somewhere you haven't seen yet, and I got here from the same kind of block you're standing on.
You are the author of your story. Not your mom, not your block, not the worst thing you ever did. Don't even worry about the ending. How do you want to write the next page? Then the one after that?
I'm not going to tell you what to do. I'm going to tell you what I did, and that I'm not hopeless today. If I can do it, you can.
Still here. — Antoine