that is over 30,000 families that i represent. i want to know why. we are the healing circle and we believe in healing people. we go inside of san quentin, we go inside of the county jail, the juvenile justice system. all entities the whole family is incarcerated. we want to kill the whole family. that is why we go when we want to heal the whole family. that is why we go in. we believe in empathy, we believe this violence is a learned behavior. restored of justice does work. restorative justice does work. [applause] elizabeth, you have been on both sides. as a teenager, you were a recipient of services. today, you are working in youth development. what do you think the answer is in reducing gang violence? i want to give thanks for another day here and an opportunity to share this space with everybody. all of the beautiful courage that it takes to be up here. a lot of energy to the healing circle as well. as a juvenile, i was in juvenile hall and i went through that
go inside of the county jail, the juvenile justice system. all entities the whole family is incarcerated. we want to kill the whole family. that is why we go when we want to heal the whole family. that is why we go in. we believe in empathy, we believe this violence is a learned behavior. restored of justice does work. restorative justice does work. [applause] elizabeth, you have been on both sides. as a teenager, you were a recipient of services. today, you are working in youth development. what do you think the answer is in reducing gang violence? i want to give thanks for another day here and an opportunity to share this space with everybody. all of the beautiful courage that it takes to be up here. a lot of energy to the healing circle as well. as a juvenile, i was in juvenile hall and i went through that whole system myself. i have worked with tattoo removal, i went to other development programs. through personal experience and being raised by a single mom and
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 a choice. this is just how was. let s go get him. and it comes to the place, you get tired of running. i did no
we go inside of san quentin, we go inside of the county jail, the juvenile justice system. all entities the whole family is incarcerated. we want to kill the whole family. that is why we go when we want to heal the whole family. that is why we go in. we believe in empathy, we believe this violence is a learned behavior. restored of justice does work. restorative justice does work. [applause] elizabeth, you have been on both sides. as a teenager, you were a recipient of services. today, you are working in youth development. what do you think the answer is in reducing gang violence? i want to give thanks for another day here and an opportunity to share this space with everybody. all of the beautiful courage that it takes to be up here. a lot of energy to the healing circle as well. as a juvenile, i was in juvenile hall and i went through that whole system myself. i have worked with tattoo removal, i went to other development programs. through personal experience and b
we have seen this over the last three or four years. in 2008 there were 98 homicides in san francisco. the number is now almost half. i think we continue to see that, as we work with the community. in closing, i want to say that your task force, they do an amazing job. they have the community aspect of this. they re out on the streets, and we will continue to build those relationships as long as we have this in place. thank you. [applause] gino, you grteew up in the ba area. bay area. how do you determine the gang? and what makes a person a gang member. we grew up in the city of richmond. we are known for violence. i looked at this as being part of a gang. the term gang is manifested through the media, and law enforcement for numbers. it was more of a community. i did not go to school and meet somebody. i lived on this block and this is where my grandmother s house was, or i was born and raised. what people may see on tv was at my front door. the killing and the dope