One by one, 100 students, spanning kindergarten to high school, all dressed in khaki pants and navy blue blazers, stand in a line inside a banquet hall at the SpringHill Suites in King Of Prussia. Together, they recite a credo from the Young Men and Women in Charge Foundation (YMWIC). Their voices are steady. Their postures are proud. Their words sound like a mantra.

“I am a Young Scholar in Charge!”

“I am bold and strong. I will banish fear and doubt, and I know that I am not alone in my journey towards success.”

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This tradition, now in its 15th year, is the annual end-of-the-school-year banquet for students in the YMWIC, a youth program that began in West Chester and expanded across the region, including Philly. Retired engineer Richard Roberts III be

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