For me to be involved with kids who were in gangs i worked with all of the shot colors and i had a goal while i was there. It took me 10 years before i started to transform my life. In the meantime i have the goal that i wanted to be out here. I wanted the opportunity. I was given a life sentence in 1979. I was involved in gang and i caught a murder case. 15 years to life and i came here in 1979 and i got out and i have been out for almost five years. In my heart, i knew i found a solution when i was incarcerated. And there are different stories. Some of the kids joined the gangs because they want to fit into something. Some of them dont have a family, and the father and mother are working. For a lot of kids, there is a lot of idle time. It is not like, i will join the gang and i will shoot you. You grow up that way, and before you know you are cutting school. This is begins. Working with the different kids that we have, the gangs are still the same the game is still the same and the p
Is working. First of all, i want to thank god for his grace. I work with united players. I do reentry and the youth involved in juvenile delinquency. The majority of the kids i work with our gang members. I was formally formerly a gang member who grew up in San Francisco. We all have stories of guys involved with the gang. Everyone has a different story of why they joined. My thing is, i believe it works for me to be involved with kids who were in gangs i worked with all of the shot colors and i had a goal while i was there. It took me 10 years before i started to transform my life. In the meantime i have the goal that i wanted to be out here. I wanted the opportunity. I was given a life sentence in 1979. I was involved in gang and i caught a murder case. 15 years to life and i came here in 1979 and i got out and i have been out for almost five years. In my heart, i knew i found a solution when i was incarcerated. And there are different stories. Some of the kids joined the gangs becau
One told us how to conduct ourselves. And tell us what to wear. Someone could have a school fight, and we may be at the mall, and see the person we have a fight with. The army and navy have their bar fights. I did not see this as being a game, or a community. Supporting each other, this may have been in a negative way. I did not have a stable household. Many of them do not of their fathers are, where their father is dead. In their return, the block i gave up this is who i looked up to. He had a notorious reputation. There was the violence and in return, we had the pros and cons for that. A lot of people would mess with me because of who my father was to my brother was. They became my enemies. It was not a choice. This is just how was. Lets go get him. And it comes to the place, you get tired of running. I did not see this as being wrong. What people defined as a gang, that must be a gang member right there. I have tattoos on my arm and neck and hand, and none of them are getting associ
One told us how to conduct ourselves. And tell us what to wear. Someone could have a school fight, and we may be at the mall, and see the person we have a fight with. The army and navy have their bar fights. I did not see this as being a game, or a community. Supporting each other, this may have been in a negative way. I did not have a stable household. Many of them do not of their fathers are, where their father is dead. In their return, the block i gave up this is who i looked up to. He had a notorious reputation. There was the violence and in return, we had the pros and cons for that. A lot of people would mess with me because of who my father was to my brother was. They became my enemies. It was not a choice. This is just how was. Lets go get him. And it comes to the place, you get tired of running. I did not see this as being wrong. What people defined as a gang, that must be a gang member right there. I have tattoos on my arm and neck and hand, and none of them are getting associ
Yourself. Why do you think you are effective working with young people and what does this mean to you and how we know that this is working. First of all, i want to thank god for his grace. I work with united players. I do reentry and the youth involved in juvenile delinquency. The majority of the kids i work with our gang members. I was formally formerly a gang member who grew up in San Francisco. We all have stories of guys involved with the gang. Everyone has a different story of why they joined. My thing is, i believe it works for me to be involved with kids who were in gangs i worked with all of the shot colors and i had a goal while i was there. It took me 10 years before i started to transform my life. In the meantime i have the goal that i wanted to be out here. I wanted the opportunity. I was given a life sentence in 1979. I was involved in gang and i caught a murder case. 15 years to life and i came here in 1979 and i got out and i have been out for almost five years. In my he