Sentences with phrase «former gang member»

The project employs «violence interrupters,» typically former gang members who have turned their lives around, to quell street disputes — intervening before escalation to gun violence — and links potential shooters to case management and supportive services.

Part of this... MORE effort is through the hotel's work with a local organization called Esperanza that employs former gang members as tour guides, leading travelers through the now - safe Casco Viejo, but providing an in - depth history on the neighborhood, how much it's changed, and what the community hopes it to become in the future.

Former gang member turned painter, Michael Vasquez depicts hustlers and dealers from his past.

When former gang member Ghost (Harris) is released from prison, he presents them with a «once - in - a-lifetime job».

Students at High Tech High in Chula Vista, California created a successful Kickstarter campaign to address gun violence, and my journalism students created documentaries to tackle the struggles of former gang members in Los Angeles and how the lack of affordable housing affects people in large cities.

«Machine Gun Preacher» (Toronto — Relativity Media) Marc Forster's latest, based on the fascinating true story of former gang member Sam Childers, could prove to be a strong vehicle for Gerard Butler and more... or not.

effort is through the hotel's work with a local organization called Esperanza that employs former gang members as tour guides, leading travelers through the now - safe Casco Viejo, but providing an in - depth history on the neighborhood, how much it's changed, and what the community hopes it to become in the future.

On the other hand, saying something like «Initiated community & gang outreach program with former gang members to reduce youth membership in street gangs» tells the reader a ton of information about you.

Wilkerson's work inspired the conversion and ministry of evangelist and former gang member Nicky Cruz and remains a testament to the transformative power of the gospel amid the grit of urban street culture.

Will Smith is former gang member Deadshot; Margot Robbie is psychiatrist turned psychopath Harley Quinn; Adewale Akinnuoye - Agbaje is Killer Croc; and so on.

Narrated by John Leguizamo, it features interviews with several former gang members including Afrika Bambaataa, who went on to become one of the pioneers of hip - hop.

In Los Angeles, students from University of Massachusetts and Massachusetts Institute of Technology met with Homeboy Industries, a nonprofit helping former gang members and incarcerated individuals join the clean energy industry.

Join former gang member John Marston as he tries to find his place in an increasingly federalized America.

Made into shoes by Don Otto and former gang members in La Limonada, Guatemala.

The non-profit which employs former gang members is now selling a selection of food products at Ralphs and Food 4 Less chains.

Juan, the former gang member, said he recently found religion and a girlfriend, with whom he had a son in 2016.

When the former gang member who is shepherding this project talked to Ballmer, he asked if one of the community projects could be to «bring back midnight basketball to the Harvard gym.»

David Garcia, a former gang member who now Ministers at the House of Worship Christian Center, believes that troubled kids will be the ones most hurt by the ban: «In schools there's a lot of violence going on.

A former gang member «empathizes» with gang members.

«Often it will be the former offender gone straight who is best placed to steer the young prisoner back onto the straight and narrow - the former gang member best placed to prevent younger members from rushing straight back to rejoin the gang on the streets.»

In Red Dead Redemption, John Marston is sent after his former gang members, and two of his targets are Bill Williamson and gang leader Dutch van der Linde.

In the last game, Marston said his former gang member was once a Robin Hood - like figure, who robbed from the rich to give to the poor.

They kidnapped his wife and son as leverage, forcing him to help them track down his former gang members who have decided to stick with the life of crime.

Initially, John teams up with the Colonel who promises to help him kill the former gang members, but ends up betraying him.

A Boston weightlifting program gives ex-cons and former gang members a job and hope for success.

Emmy Quickie: The former gang member turned Emmy nominee has just completed his third and final season on John Ridley's drama

Also focused on the access to education for communities of color, The Pushouts, directed by Katie Galloway and co-directed by Dawn Valadez, tells the story of professor and author Dr. Victor Rios, a former gang member, who attempts to inspire the youth in neighborhoods similar to those where he grew up, so that they can change their personal paths in spite of a system that sets them up for failure.

With the American government holding his wife and son hostage, John Marston must track down his former gang members and dispose of them.

On South Dakota's Pine Ridge Reservation, for instance, YSS graffiti artists — some former gang members themselves — paint murals representing the indigenous Lakota nation on the walls of Pine Ridge High School; they integrate cultural phrases and symbols such as the medicine wheel and the four elements into the colorful pieces.

Homeboy Industries is bringing hope to some of L.A.'s toughest neighborhoods by providing ways for at - risk youth and former gang members to meaningfully contribute to their communities.

At Anderson Elementary in Reno, Nevada, a former gang member advised parents on keeping their kids out of gangs.

Homeboy Industries is bringing hope to some of L.A.'s toughest neighborhoods by providing ways for at - risk youth and former gang members to meaning...

After Rodney Mason was shot and confined to a wheelchair, the former gang member, dope dealer, and high - school baseball player focused his energies on helping kids avoid gangs by getting them interested in playing ball.

His family is taken hostage by the government in ransom for his services and having no other choice, he sets out to bring his three former gang members to justice.

His family has been held hostage by the government and in ransom for his services and having no other choice, he sets out to bring his three former gang members to justice.

In the last game, Marston said his former gang member was once a Robin Hood - like figure, who robbed from the rich to give to the poor.

In Red Dead Redemption, John Marston is sent after his former gang members, and two of his targets are Bill Williamson and gang leader Dutch van der Linde.