PHOTOS: Dr. Jane Goodall’s Roots & Shoots youth program

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Dr. Jane Goodall teaches children how to speak like a gorilla during the Jane Goodall Institute's Roots & Shoots Celebration of Compassion, Action & Peace event at the Delta Flight Museum on Saturday, September 21, 2019.

Ranger Rick the mascot for the environmental group Earth Tomorrow pose for photographs during the Jane Goodall Institute's Roots & Shoots Celebration of Compassion, Action & Peace event at the Delta Flight Museum on Saturday, September 21, 2019. STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC

Dr. Jane Goodall talks with some children before speaking at The Jane Goodall Institute's Roots & Shoots Celebration of Compassion, Action & Peace event at the Delta Flight Museum on Saturday, September 21, 2019. STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC

Harold Vicente, 9, flys a flight simulator during the Jane Goodall Institute's Roots & Shoots Celebration of Compassion, Action & Peace event at the Delta Flight Museum on Saturday, September 21, 2019. STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC

Zion Sanders, 11, sits in one of the airplanes on display during the Jane Goodall Institute's Roots & Shoots Celebration of Compassion, Action & Peace event at the Delta Flight Museum on Saturday, September 21, 2019. STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC

Children hang up their handwritten messages that will be sent out to homeless children around the world during the Jane Goodall Institute's Roots & Shoots Celebration of Compassion, Action & Peace event at the Delta Flight Museum on Saturday, September 21, 2019. STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC

Eric Powles gives directions to the participants during the Jane Goodall Institute's Roots & Shoots Celebration of Compassion, Action & Peace event at the Delta Flight Museum on Saturday, September 21, 2019. STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC

Students from the Ron Clark Academy pose for a photograph with a cutout of Dr. Jane Goodall during the Jane Goodall Institute's Roots & Shoots Celebration of Compassion, Action & Peace event at the Delta Flight Museum on Saturday, September 21, 2019. STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC

People from the Belmont Academy pose for a photograph with a cutout of Dr. Jane Goodall during the Jane Goodall Institute's Roots & Shoots Celebration of Compassion, Action & Peace event at the Delta Flight Museum on Saturday, September 21, 2019. STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC

Bill Ross and his son Alejandro eat lunch during the Jane Goodall Institute's Roots & Shoots Celebration of Compassion, Action & Peace event at the Delta Flight Museum on Saturday, September 21, 2019. STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC

Students from the Elm Street school pose for a photograph at one of the displays during the Jane Goodall Institute's Roots & Shoots Celebration of Compassion, Action & Peace event at the Delta Flight Museum on Saturday, September 21, 2019. STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC

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Dr. Jane Goodall teaches children how to speak like a gorilla during the Jane Goodall Institute's Roots & Shoots Celebration of Compassion, Action & Peace event at the Delta Flight Museum on Saturday, September 21, 2019.

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