I lived on this block and this is where my grandmothers house was, or i was born and raised. What people may see on tv was at my front door. The killing and the dope dealing. It was right there. This was a Community List of people, we just grew up together. There were no handouts and no 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
Let me begin this the scutcheon. You work every day with gang members. You were once a gang member 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 year
Meaning, the there in force, together with the understanding. Thank you very much. Let me begin this the scutcheon. You work every day with gang members. You were once a gang member 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
Audience, i take strength from those words, from that question as bobby threw down the gauntlet 30 years ago. You said you would always be there for me. Meaning, the there in force, together with the understanding. Thank you very much. Let me begin this the scutcheon. You work every day with gang members. You were once a gang member 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 too
Role model and mentor, they need someone to be there. There is no single type of person. We need it the merging of former gang members, prosecutors and social workers and public defenders. You have all had that kid. He needs role models, job training, and real jobs. I was happy to hear that in the video, nothing stops the bullet like a job. We need to provide that. Bobbie ann smiley did not ask for their fates. A young woman i worked with, who has five children and has been a member of valencia 13, and finally once to leave the gang, she did not ask for her fate. We need to listen to the needs providing them with jobs, with Law Enforcement and the community, we need to merge. You need to collaborate. You cannot speak to one another, you need to talk together. This is the challenge. I want to urge everyone in the audience, i take strength from those words, from that question as bobby threw down the gauntlet 30 years ago. You said you would always be there for me. Meaning, the there in f