ATLANTA — Hispanic high school students use drugs and attempt suicide at higher rates than their black and white classmates, according to a new federal survey that shows a continuation of a disturbing trend.

The study is the latest in a series of surveys of U.S. high school students every two years. The new report noted that black and white students are reporting less sexual activity than in years past, but there was no decline among Hispanics.

In addition, Hispanic students were more likely than either blacks or whites to attempt suicide, ride with a driver who had been drinking alcohol, or use cocaine, heroin or ecstasy.

View the article here in the Santa Fe New Mexican

The mission of Guitars not Guns is to provide guitars and lessons to foster children, at risk youth and other deserving children. We serve children between the ages of 8 and 18. No child will be turned away. We are not anti-gun, we are anti-gun violence and we can offer an alternative to violence.

Our goal is to stop violent behaviors in schools and in the community. We will try to divert as many children as possible from the self-destructive behaviors of drugs, alcohol, crime and gang activity. By exposing children and teens to music, we hope to engage their creative potential and offer them an alternative to the increasing narrow of choices presented to them. Music can calm a troubled young life and it can give a child something to embrace during an often difficult time in their lives.

IF you live in Santa Fe this is a great program your child. Please find out more info about Guitars not Guns at their website here

They are also on myspace

More info here as published in the Santa Fe New Mexican.

Hope for Youth Alliance was invited to present a gang prevention and training for students and teachers at the Pueblo of San Juan (Okay Owingue Community School) Community Day School. HYA will be following up and continuing to provide services and outreach projects to OOCS.

G.O.E.S.T Gang Prevention and Resources

Testimony of Former Gang Member Here

“Go Therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you.” Matt 28:19

I don’t know of any one single public school in this nation under God that would allow their students to be baptized during school without a revolt from godless teachers and local officials.

I was very delighted and honored to have been given the privilege to Baptize children and youth of The Rock Christian Academy on January 30,2008. They chose to do so on their own, with parental consent for the younger ones, and after much biblical studies.

The best education reform needed in our country is that schools and education of our children would be brought back into our local churches where there is not state interference. Not for the purpose of “secluding” our children now, so that they will be trained and equipped leaders with a Christian world-view.

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Christians of the last century thought that if public schools were established, they could become teachers in these schools and influence the community for Christ. As of late as 1892, teachers’ union stated that, “if the study of the Bible is excluded from all schools…then the good of the state would be better serve if schools were returned to the the churches.” Source NM History