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DESCRIPTION:SF’s Response to Youth Gangs: Programs or 
 Punishment?\n\nSpeakers:\nRoberto Alfaro, CARECEN\nChris Gauger, SF Public 
 Defender\nRené Quiñonez, Homey\n\nSF Gray Panthers General 
 Meeting\nTuesday, January 15, 1 PM\nUnitarian-Universalist Center, Fireside 
 Room\n1187 Franklin St., (between Geary and O’Farrell)\n\nSan 
 Francisco’s Gang Injunctions criminalize minority youth in Bayview, the 
 Mission, and Fillmore, instead of providing the jobs, education, housing, 
 medical services, and recreational programs which youth need, and which 
 could make neighborhoods safer.  The injunctions prohibit individuals named 
 by police as gang members from being in the same area 
 together.\n\nCommunity object to the Gang Injunctions because:\n  * There 
 is no community input.\n  * Police designation of individuals as gang 
 members is \n     on-the-spot, arbitrary, and not subject to review.\n  * 
 Getting off the Police Department’s  gang list is extremely difficult.\n  
 * The Gang Injunctions interfere with programs that successfully \n     
 reduce violence.\n  * Gang Injunctions target minority youth and 
 neighborhoods in a \n    racially biased manner.\n  * Gang Injunctions are 
 used against neighborhoods \n     targeted for gentrification.\n  * Gang 
 Injunctions use police and courts to deal with \n     what are really 
 social programs.\n\nA recent Justice Policy Institute study shows gang 
 enforcement strategies do not achieve meaningful reductions in violence, 
 but social service interventions can curb delinquency. “The current 
 preoccupation with gangs is a distraction from very real problems of crime 
 and violence that afflict too many communities,” says report co-author 
 Kevin Pranis.\n\nRoberto Alfaro is with CARECEN, the Central American 
 Resource Center, an immigrant family wellness and empowerment center, with 
 programs in health, youth/education, and legal services.\n\nChris Gauger is 
 with the SF Public Defender Office, which has taken an active role 
 defending cited youth and opposing the entire Gang Injunction 
 program.\n\nRené Quiñonez is with Homey, community advocates and former 
 gang members working with at-risk low-income youth in the Mission to 
 prevent violence provide alternatives to 
 gangs.\n\nSee\nhttp://graypantherssf.igc.org/08-01-newsletter/08-01-gpnl-meeting.htm\nand\nhttp://graypantherssf.igc.org/gang_injunctions.htm 
 \n\n\n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/01/08/18471016.php
SUMMARY:SF’s Response to Youth Gangs: Programs or Punishment?
LOCATION:Fireside Room, Unitarian-Universalist Center\n1187 Franklin St, betw. Geary 
 and O'Farrell
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/01/08/18471016.php
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