How Educators, community members and organizations can prevent gang involvement.
- Outreach to the community and on school campus’ that have a genuine concern for at-risk and gang affiliated youth.
- Connect with gang members and at-risk youth in order to develop a trust and working relationship with them.
- Utilize our ex-gang member panel and other testimonials. This panel understands first hand the dangers of gangs and encourages families and children to avoid gang affiliation.
- Assess your gang concern and assist you and your team in addressing why kids join gangs and what we can do about it.
- Develop a community collaboration to discover and provide the necessary elements or tools that will assist youth in not joining a gang or to leave active gang membership.
- Get parental involvement. This is most vital in helping youth avoid or leave gang membership. I put 100% of the responsibility on the parents of these destructive youth. The program I utilize is “The Parent Project: How to change destructive adolescent behavior”.
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Develop a mentor program for the most at-risk gang youth.
- Communicate and network with the police and other law enforcement agencies.
Out of Darkness is a Biographical Comic Series aimed at not only entertaining but educating youth. These true stories take an intricate look into inner-city gang life, revealing the hardships, pain and the constant struggle that comes with joining a gang. Another strong theme in the stories is that no matter how bleak things seem, that there is always an alternative; that there is always a way out of darkness. Pepe Montenegro Testimony Comics Available Here at G.O.E.S.T.ORG
Read Testimony of former Los Angeles Gang member Miguel Moreno here
