A film based on Chicago activist Diane Latiker. It follows Latiker's journey as she fought her way amidst the violence of a Chicago community to found Kids Off the Block, a safe place for children to do school work and be mentored away from the street gangs. Latiker opened her heart and home to at-risk youth in the turbulent Roseland neighborhood, in spite of opposition from local government officials, members of her own family and the vicious gangs. The movie "The Power of One: The Diane Latiker Story" follows Diane's harrowing and dramatic rise over thirty years ago from working in a hair salon to leading a nation-wide movement.