“I learned from August Wilson; the way he provided for me was access,” Sanders, Chicago’s organizer of the AWMC, said. “When I was a young actor, he was one of the ones to say, ‘Hey, why don’t you come out on tour with me and assist and direct and I’ll teach you. When he passed, I was looking for a way to give back in the way that he gave to me. My goal is not for them (students) to necessarily win money, although it’s there, it’s really to get them into college. UIC offers a partial scholarship, if you place in the top 10. Some kids who never thought they’d get opportunities, get a shot at college and they learn something about themselves in the process.”