There’s a special section called To stop the killing over at the Pasadena Star-News website with links to stories about the recent gang violence in our community, video footage from the march earlier this month, and letters from residents about what should be done. The Star-News invites us to participate in the conversation:
“E-mail your hopes and fears — and your best suggestions…. Your comments will be posted on our Web site in the effort to bring peace and reconciliation to the community.” (link)
Cross-posted at Pasadena Conversations.
Let me handle the gangs. Show them one picture of me and they’ll become one united front against this man in eyeliner
Seriously, though – how about instead of paying a strip club $4.7 million to get out of town – use that money to build more afterschool programs and things for at-risk youth so they don’t turn out to be gang members.
Seriously! I’m not an expert, but it seems like our schools need a lot of attention. And maybe it’s attention that all of us, as Pasadena people, need to give. I’m curious about little things regular people can do to help our schools.
The problem is not the school’s, it’s the parents. How do we help the parents take responsibility for their children?