Lamont Anderson embraces his son Lamont Anderson Jr., 8, whose blood test revealed elevated lead levels. The family moved to Gary, IN, this summer.

Logan Anderson, 19 months, plays with his older brother Lamont Anderson Jr., 8, through the window.

Lorenzo "Bambam" Jenkins, 12, his two-year-old niece Laylay Striblin, and his friend Keanthony Brown, 14, spend time at a park near the West Calumet Housing Complex. Jenkins says he's upset that he has to move but that he'll keep up with his friends like Brown if they are able to stay at the same school.

Stephanie King embraces her youngest son, Josiah King, 3. Two and a half years ago, King left Chicago's South Side to keep her children safe from gun violence. “If I’d have known the dirt had lead, he wouldn’t have been out there playing in it," King says.

Brothers Antwon Jones, at left, and D. Jones (both 18) pose for a portrait near their home. "This is where we hang out every day. We are still here with the lead," D. Jones says.

Shantel Allen's two-year-old daughter Samira Allen's blood lead levels test results came back at thirty-three micrograms per deciliter, which is remarkably high. Allen says her whole family, including five young children, herself and her husband, have elevated lead levels. “They show all the signs and symptoms of lead poisoning,” she says. “They vomit randomly, have headaches.”

Andre Bass, 20, has lived in West Calumet his whole life but planned to move to Merrillville, IN, while staying active in giving a voice to his long-time neighbors affected by lead. "I'm marching just like Luther," he says.

Sherry Hunter grew up in the West Calumet Housing Complex and now owns a home nearby. Now an activist in the Calumet Lives Matter movement, Hunter says she's most concerned for senior citizens who are struggling to find new homes.

Nayesa Walker and her 7-year-old son Kash Lott wait for a school bus to drop off his two younger siblings at the West Calumet Housing Complex. As a child, Walker helped create the mural that covers the neighborhood's community center. Walker and other residents tried to stop the neighborhood's demolition. "We feel like we're just being thrown out," Walker said.

From left, Janae Peyton, 13, Ashanti France, 12, Irene Wooley, 13, and Tniyah Foxx, 12, have been friends since childhood. "All my memories are here. I've got to move away from my friends," Peyton says.

Claudette Jackson grew up in West Calumet. "Everybody's trying to move out of here at one time. Where are you going to go? There's nowhere," she says.