The gang-intervention heroes at Homeboy Industries have just won the 2020 Hilton Humanitarian Prize, and will receive $2.5 million in unrestricted funding.
The tattoo parlor, Gallery X Art Collective in Murray, Kentucky, has offered to cover up any racist, hateful, or gang-related tattoos free of charge.
Since violent crime has fallen by 75% amidst the COVID-19 outbreaks, a recent hunger project uniting 2 South African gangs is being hailed as a "miracle".
New Jersey's Enrique Rodriquez has gone from being a gang member to a soprano that sings to patients at a local hospital.
Every single day of the school year, gang members in New Zealand deliver hundreds of handmade sandwiches to schools in Waikato, making sure no children go hungry like they did when they were young. Offers to help support the project have left tattooed gang members speechless.
It's always refreshing to see youth take interest in helping their community rather than getting into trouble all summer.
Safe Streets is an outreach program that uses ex-cons to deescalate gang violence in the community without police involvement.
The gang members worked alongside each other this month so they could celebrate their cease fire in a productive and compassionate way.
Gang leaders in El Salvador declared an unprecedented truce that authorities say has cut the homicide rate in half in just four months. In March, rival gangs surprised the country by releasing a joint statement declaring an end to violence and pledging to freeze recruitment of new adolescent members, especially in poor neighborhoods and around schools. Since then, the change has been dramatic.
By the time Cesar Gutierrez was 16, he had already gone to jail twice, experimented with gang life, sold drugs and ran away from home. Today, the 22-year-old works at a popular Manhattan restaurant as a sous chef and has cooked with renown chef Daniel Boulud.
When Jihad Dib was appointed principal of Punchbowl Boys High School at age 33, it was a hotbed of violence and trouble. His modern and successful approach to reforming the school has transformed the student body and staff into a family, and recently earned him a Pride of Australia medal.
Nearly 700 children were hit by gunfire last year in Chicago. In an effort to reduce the violence, a program called CeaseFire is working to curb gang activity by helping at-risk youth find employment. CeaseFire also patrols the streets of poorer, urban neighborhoods to stop crimes before they happen.
In a neighborhood full of gang activity, where bullets sometimes fly, Fire Station No. 68 serves the community of central Los Angeles, instead of keeping a low profile. The Fire Department has opened its doors to the community.
The motorcycle group Hells Angels stood in line at the Fresno Walmart for a reported five days so they could buy up the entire stock of children's bicycles that were on sale for Black Friday to give to a local charity.
A former gang member who was arrested 13 times has become Atlanta's hottest lawyer, proving that youth are not the lost cause some think.
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