Who can save kids from gangs? This article explores how those closest to the issue may offer the most hope.

ON THE FRONT LINES: A battle cry to save kids
Investigative Voice

Community activist Greland Lowery got in trouble as a teen, stealing cars and launching a career of crime that culminated in a 12-year stint in federal prison.

But as he addressed a panel of criminal  justice officials assembled at Union Baptist Church in Baltimore Tuesday night to discuss juvenile crime, he made an impassioned plea.

“You’re not going to win this war without me,” he warned.

One after another, leaders of small community-based organizations — many of them ex-offenders themselves — told the panelists and audience members: Forget the endless discussions, the perpetual studies, and the rhetoric from bureaucrats and politicians. We’re out here in the trenches and we know what needs to be done, they said; just give us the financial support to carry out our work.

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