Promising Strategies That Help Prevent Youth and Gang Violence

Submitted by : John (Jack) Calhoun, RYI Board Member and Senior Consultant, National League of Cities Institute for Youth, Education and Families,  www.hopematters.org

Thirteen California cities have learned from each other, sharing successes and solutions, giving moral and tangible support to each other, taking tested strategies from multiple sources to address long-standing problems, and making inroads on the persistent problems of youth and gang violence that have plagued neighborhoods in each city. Their strategies offer a roadmap, useful ideas, and insights that can help many other cities reduce violence, strengthen communities and neighborhoods, and build lasting partnerships.

By: Mark Freado, President, Reclaiming Youth International

In the current issue of Reclaiming Children and Youth journal (Volume 20, Issue 4, Winter 2012) we have introduced a new feature, TalkingPoints (Page 62). Our goal for this feature is that it will stimulate more thought, create more dialogue, and spur more action within organizations, associations and even loose confederations of friends and colleagues.