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Laser Center owner helps troubled youths amend their lives by removing gang tattoos..
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
Many of them are gang-related, including the nine skulls that represent friends who have been killed in “shoot-outs” or died from drug overdoses. …
Jesus claimed to be God, but is his claim exclusive, or is Jesus one of many gods through him we find salvation?
This from Atlanta, a case study in how gang violence spreads across cities
Suburban gang sprawl
Sunday Paper
… first prevention, then intervention, then as a last result of course, incarceration,” he says, explaining that his department has held a number of gang …
From our gang poetry archive:
The Stranger
i gaze into the mirror
and what i see is such a waste
where once was a friend
a stranger takes his place
i still look the same
but without a doubt i know
some place down the line i changed
and lost myself on the road
used to have a soul
used to really care
but now it all feels old
and theres no feelings there
the scars of time show
old battle wounds are there
bad thing is i dont even know
how some of them got there
im on the road to nowhere
my road to hell is paved
with pain and tears
and so many fears
of all the hell ive raized
when im gone dont cry for me
its been way too long
maybe i can get some peace
when my days are gone
Another good documentary from the UK, the country’s different, the issues are the same.
Over 190 different gangs are engaged in battles across London’s poorest areas.
Living in fear, I aint living in fear no more, since the day I dropped the rag, since the day i made him mad, i iant living in fear no more, since the day I woke up and walked away, the day the plane left LA. I aint living in fear no more, since the day i said goodbye to my homey who just died. I aint living in fear no more, since the day they called me coward, since the day i gained back power, I aint living in fear no more. Kobe
Gang Prevention Toolkit Now Available to City Leaders
Nation’s Cities Weekly
A new NLC toolkit on “Preventing Gang Violence and Building Communities Where Young People Thrive” is now available to municipal leaders and their community partners. To download the toolkit or order a copy, visit www.nlc.org/iyef
Lil Miss P continue her series on how to find a job, this week looking at Resumes.
One of the hardest parts of the job hunting process is creating a good resume. Without it, job candidates can be looked over. A good resume can help you stand out in a tight economy where companies often have upwards of two and five hundred submissions for a single position. It can also be the backdrop to ace an interview once you get in the door — everything they need to know about how fantastic you are is right on paper, and all you need to do is reinforce that with personality, professionalism and a smile. The popular format for resumes is to list your work experience and the companies you’ve worked for, including the various job duties you had. But, what happens if you don’t really have any work experience? What if you haven’t held many jobs? That’s where the Skill Set resume can really help. It identifies your strongest traits by what skills you have and puts them first, tucking away your work experience at the bottom of the page instead of the top. I’ll be honest, when I was job hunting years ago I used this format despite having a good work record and I almost always got the interview. It’s a format I’ve also used in mentoring other people and I’ve seen it firsthand help land interviews and jobs. It doesn’t mean it’s the right format for everybody, of course. But if you are a little lean on demonstrating employment or specific work experience to a position, skill set format can be a great way to circumvent this and allow your skills and talent to shine.
The first step in creating a skill set style resume is to identify the main skills you need for the type of job you are applying for. For example, if it is a receptionist role at a corporate office, the two main skills needed might be: 1. Office And Administrative Experience. 2. Project Management Experience. Instead of starting your resume with the companies you worked for, you would start it with those two titles and then the relevant skills you have that relate to it. For example:
Your Name/Address/ETC
Office And Administrative Experience
- Capable of handling and routing incoming telephone calls. Bright, courteous personality and experience in handling general inquiries.
- Experienced in basic office functions — filing, organization, ordering and managing supplies, etc.
- Outstanding multi-tasking skills. Able to juggle many projects at once efficiently
And so on. The goal is to think up all the relevant skills you have that will make you an outstanding fit for the job and put them on paper under each section as I’ve shown above. The key is to really focus on what specific skills you have that are a fit, and what skills are relevant to the job. A secret way to find out the skills you need to include for a position can come straight from the job posting. Lots of times, I’ll go through the requirements requested line by line in the job ad and note which ones on my resume that I have and can provide if hired. Ideally, you want to fill a single page for your resume at minimum so be sure to list as many skills and points you can on yours. Once you’ve completed the skill portion, you must add a section for WORK HISTORY and that’s where you can put various jobs you’ve held in the past or present. With each, you’ll want to note the functions and duties you had including highlighting any successes — such as, “Managed and trained other employees helping five to be promoted to higher level positions,” etc. Then any education you may have would be very last, at the bottom. So, if we were using the example above, here is what your skill set focused resume would look like:
Your Name/Address/ETC
Office And Administrative Experience
(list skills that you have that are relevant — as many as you can think of that fit)
Project Management Experience
(again, list skills you have that are relevant – as many as you can think of that fit)
Work History
(list jobs and a few short points on what you did at them)
Education
(list your education — high school, college, etc.)
By putting your skills first, it can help companies focus on what you have to offer first, and not necessarily emphasize on your work history alone. It can be a good way to present yourself if you are new to the work force or don’t have much work history, or if you are trying to transition into a new industry that you may have great skill for but not a lot of relevant experience. Most of all, it’s a great way to put your best talents and capabilities forward and help you shine!
There’s been a lot of talk with gang injunctions and their effectiveness. This video takes a closer look…
Two young gang members talk about their lives…
Our Lives
My name is Paul, better known as Little Huero. I’m from Phoenix, AZ. I grew up on the West
Side of Phoenix. At the age of 10 is when I got jumped into my hood WS WBP12th AVE. After
i got jumped in that’s when all the crazy shit started to happen. I started to get into a
grip of trouble like Grand Theft Auto, selling drugs, robbed houses, shoot at rival gangs.
I basically did everything a gang member did and my Mom thought that I was just some good
boy until she found out everything I was doing. When she found out about this she was
really hurt. At the age of 12 that’s when I stopped giving a fuck about life. Then later
on I was realizing that I was hurting my Mom because of the stuff I was doing. So now I’m
locked up because of all the stupid shit I did. So for all ya that are just beginning the
gang life, think about it now that you have a chance, because in the future all the shit
you did in the past is going to catch up with you. Now it’s time to change, and leave the
past behind, look toward the future. On the outside it doesn’t always show that I want to
change, but deep inside I do want to change. Paul, 15
My name is Richard also known as Ears from West Side Brown
Pride. I started to get involved in drugs, gangs and alcohol at the age of nine. Then when
I was about twelve when I started to do more serious shit like selling drugs, shooting at
rival gang members, breaking into peoples houses and shit to prove myself to the hood.
When I started to do more crimes I really didn’t care anymore about what would happen to
me only about making money and being part of a gang. Finally I was getting caught up for
the shit I was doing. When I was thirteen I was doing time in juvenile for breaking into
houses and selling drugs. While I was locked up I realized that none of my true homies
were there for me. Right now I’m in a juvenile corrections facility in a drug program
trying to change my life around from being a criminal to citizen. Now that I’m in here
looking at all the shit I did it wasn’t worth trying to prove myself to a bunch of guys
that ain’t even there for me when I needed them the most. So my word of advice to you is
just be yourself and don’t try to prove yourself to no one. And all the shit you be doing
will catch up to you sooner or later. So think of your family before you do anything.
Later, Richard, 15 C.G., AZ
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