“Parents’ Guide to Gangs” Order Form. This guide from the National Gang Center contains information on behaviors associated with joining gangs, common gang identifiers, and what parents can do. Permission is granted by the National Gang Center to make adaptations to the Parents’ Guide to Gangs. The National Gang Center requests that the following language be included when adapting the brochure for local needs: “Adapted from Parents’ Guide to Gangs, National Gang Center.” Download the Parents’ Guide to Gangs Use the links below to download the Parents’ Guide to Gangs as an Adobe PDF file. Parents’ Guide to Gangs (English) Guía sobre las pandillas para los padres (Spanish) Instructions for printing and folding are also available: Printing and Folding Instructions (English) Pamphlet Order Form. Chester Mayor's Anti-Violence Network consultants appointed. CHESTER -- City council unanimously passed a resolution Wednesday to appoint five individuals as consultants to Mayor Wendell N.
Butler Jr.'s Anti-Violence Network. James Frisby, Daryl Shelton Sr., James A. Miller, Jamila Sharif and Barbara Gooby Muhammed were each hired to work 10 hours per week at $10 an hour. They previously served as volunteers in varying roles. Frisby, Miller and Shelton have been assisting the city's prison re-entry program, which helps former convicts make a healthy transition back into society. Miller and Sharif were on hand for the announcement and thanked council during the meeting's public comment portion. "One hundred inmates come home every month," Miller said. Miller has been outspoken that ex-cons like himself are essential to the city's anti-violence efforts, because they best relate to the people committing crimes and can help steer released convicts away from their former lifestyle. News from AP | The Dallas Morning News, dallasnews.com. Peace-Quote-Peace-Sign-141.gif (GIF Image, 172x172 pixels)
Could mayor's anti-violence campaign draw a lesson from Newark? As Plainfield tries to come to terms with its gang problems, it could be useful to check in on what one Newark leader, Yusef Ismail, and his organization are doing to deal with gunplay and gangs among its youth. Here is a press release on an event Ismail is hosting today -- NEWARK, N.J. -- (www.stopshootininc.org) – Stop Shootin’ Inc. a non-profit organization dedicated to ending senseless gun violence in urban communities will launch its 2010 Summer Youth Entrepreneurship Program (YEP) during a “Breakfast Kick-off” on Tuesday, July 13th, 2010 from 10:30 am - 12:30 pm at the Stop Shootin’ Inc. headquarters, 458 Washington Street, Newark.
The YEP program will commence by welcoming the new class into the program by sharing inspiring stories of success from both local business owners and YEP staff. New, well-thought-out, consistent and long-range thinking is being brought to bear on a situation where public funding is no longer a viable expectation.