Keeping at-risk teens away from gang life

Yo Bro | Yo Girl Youth Initiative2017-09-071 min read

A man gestures while speaking to a young woman in a grey t-shirt about keeping away from gang life, in a blue-walled room during the global news hour at 6 broadcast.

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Joe, Brenda, Ary and Yo Bro | Yo Girl Youth Initiative participants featured here on Global News for back to school week. This fall, we are expanding our reach to connect with younger kids in response to feedback that the world of drugs, gang and crime is reaching them before they even get to high school. Our proven violence prevention programs will be launched in 12 Elementary Schools this month.

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Two young men involved in a gang prevention program standing near a chain-link fence, one in the foreground with a beard and black shirt, the other slightly out of focus in the background. Previous Gang prevention program expands to Surrey elementary schools amid Metro Vancouver Violence

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