A behind-the-headlines look at a diverse team of young adults serving a year in a San Francisco area AmeriCorps program. Despite good intentions, they are confronted by a host of obstacles, including a racial divide that threatens to thwart their efforts. While documenting a year both turbulent and exhilarating, the film reveals the hopes and dreams, successes and setbacks of a group of individuals searching for their place in the world and trying, against odds, to make a difference.