It's been almost a month since 17-year-old Davarie Armstrong was shot and killed at a house party in Montbello on July 11.
In that time, there have been vigils, rallies against youth violence and prominent community leaders raising awareness about his death.
But right now, Armstrong's family doesn't want to talk about how he died; they want to talk about how Armstrong lived and why he deserves to be remembered.
"Davarie made sure that he was always doing what I asked so that he could do what he wanted and they would only play football," said his mom, Angel Shabazz. "It was very minimal things that he wanted to do, and that was be around his friends, his family and play sports."
Armstrong loved football, but he put in the work on and off the field. He was a member of the debate team, a member of the Black Male Initiative (BMI) and an honorary member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity.
As a National Honor Society student, Armstrong prioritized his academic career. As an all-star student athlete at Denver South High, he played basketball and ran track. His family said he loved football the most.
"There has literally never been a year since he was 5 or 6 years old that Davarie has not played on this field," his mom said standing outside All City Stadium, the football field at South High.
Not only was Armstrong about to be a senior at South, but he played football at All City Stadium his whole life. That's how Shabazz and her uncle, Barry Overton, came up with the idea to rename All City Stadium after him.
"This is the stadium that he was going to be playing at," Overton said. "We thought it would be fitting for the stadium to be named in honor of him -- Armstrong Stadium.
"I mean, his very name, Armstrong, represents strength. To be able to have a stadium named in that way just makes perfect sense to me," Overton said.
Overton and Shabazz have reached out to the principal of South High School, Denver School Board members and Denver's mayor, and many have expressed support. Ultimately, it's up to the Denver School Board to make the name change from All City Stadium to Armstrong Stadium.
"I can’t and will not let my son's name die," Shabazz said. "Where he’ll be another memory and come next year, we don't think about him. Come four, five, 10 years from now, when my daughter decides to graduate, that nobody's thinking about him. I want his name to live on because he was different."
His family is hopeful the name change will happen by the start of what would have been Armstrong's senior football season.
"That's what's important to me," Overton said, "is that even though his life has been cut short, that his legacy will continue to inspire."
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