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"I'm originally from North Philly, but I moved uptown when I was in second grade, so really both I would say," Franklin said.
Franklin's goal over the next couple of days is to focus on helping the 7th and 8th graders tap into their entrepreneurial interests.
"We have Black-owned businesses come in and speak to the kids that are from their neighborhood and went through the things that they're going through," Franklin said.
Muhammad Abdul-Hadi, founder of Down North Pizza in Strawberry Mansion shared his experience as a business owner.
He told the students that he tries to help the community by exclusively hiring people who were once incarcerated.
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Giving students access to these stories is a major goal of the business academy, which is organized by Franklin's nonprofit, Shelice's Angels.
"It's named after my late mother. She passed when I was 16 when I was a junior at high school here at La Salle," Franklin said.
Despite suiting up for an opposing team, Franklin said that doesn't stop his drive to give back at home.
"When I play the Eagles I have a special energy toward them. Friendly, brotherly, I guess you can say but definitely got to bring a little Philly love everywhere I go," Franklin said.
During the second part of the business academy, students will get to create a business model, come up with names of businesses they'd like to create, make logos and also learn to manage staffing schedules.