Chicago Violence Is The Future, If We Don’t Look To The Past

Everyone knows about the violence plaguing Chicago streets and the hundreds of lives it claims each year. This violence has divided neighbors against neighbors. This separation has left our neighborhoods exposed to crime, violence & drugs. But what makes it more disturbing, is our children are the ones being exposed to these elements daily. In the past, everyone watches over the community with a high level of respect to our elders and a duty for the safety of all our children. Even the police were in our school’s building relationships with young men and women in the community. This is what kept the community STRONG. Today we must take ownership of the neglects and problems that have jeopardized the safety of our communities and our families. We must put a watchful eye back on our village once again and reach out to youth that has fallen prey to street violence, with love. We must rally our community & churches to make our young men and women “the priority” and STOP alienating them.

And finally, we must meet with our police to discuss a more POSITIVE approach in dealing with our youth socially. The solutions to violence are something we all must be willing to sacrifice with our time and resources, “together”, to create a more encouraging environment for youth to engage in and for the better good of all communities in Chicago. The solutions to violence for Chicago streets cannot be the typical program, which spends time with youth, engaging in systems that do not grow with their lives and their conditions. It must be programs that are exciting, engaging and fill the needs of young men and women growing from youth to adulthood. It will take more than harsh Chicago gun laws to change the tide of these violence streets. We must create programs to develop skills in industries they love and are engaged in most of the time. And also fill the void of maintaining their lives now and in the future, financially.

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by tes@@ter | May 6, 2023 | Violence Prevention | 0 Comments

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