Throughout the city of Los Angeles, one of the major problems that have been going on for a while is having gangs in different areas. Due to that, some of the cities in Los Angeles are not safe as they used to be. The majority of the people who join gangs are male, but now we ...
Whydoteenagersjoin gangs? Have you ever felt lonely or rejected? Manyteenagersaround the world have. The need for acceptance‚ fear‚ protection and money are some reasonswhyteenagersjoin gangs. Probably the number one reason forteenagersjoining gangs is to feel accepted. To understandwhya teen...
she managed to get a job at a local health care center, start a program to keep young people out of gangs, and she’s on track to graduate high school with honors and go on to college.And Jazmin, Andoni
from everyone in the family and in society, and they are abused far more than girls, so by the time they are three years of age they become twice as violent as girls.19Boys’ greater violence by this time, including their propensity to form dominance gangs and to endlessly “play w...
With her story, I could integrate statistics about how children and teenagers grow into productive citizens by avoiding risk factors, like not having caring adults in their lives. Always connect any nonprofit storytelling to the work that you do. It’s less about Jonathan or Destiny than it...
Maybe you don't have adults in your life who give you the support that you need. Maybe someone in your family has lost their job and there's not enough money to go around. Maybe you live in a neighborhood where you don't feel safe, or have friends who are pressuring you to do ...
New York University professor Scott Galloway toldCNNsays that part of the issue is the continued rising cost of college without much change in the quality of education over the years. Galloway says that many young men can simply apply for other jobs, such as construction and other manual labor...
Years ago I went to teach in an urban school in order to join black people in their quest for equality. I was naïve, unaware of my ignorance, and totally conscious of race. What I learned was to question: why always in black and white? Please look for
For certain individuals , seeking social acceptanceis so important that it becomes like anaddiction;in order to satisfy the desire , they may go sofar as to abandon their sense of right and wrong. Teens and young adults may feel forced to use drugs, or join gangs tha...
Maybe you could be a mayor or a senator or a Supreme Court justice -- but you might not know that until you join student government or the debate team. And no matter what you want to do with your life, I guarantee that you'll need an education to do it. You want to be a ...