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Violence Conference

MODERATORS/ PRESENTERS

• Stacy Brown
• Constance Benjamin Clery
• Gail Willard

PROGRAM FINDINGS FROM 
BREAKOUT SESSION 1

• Prouds
  • Working with youth and knowing that I made a difference – Leading by example
  • Proud we have made it this far
  • Desire to raise their children to be a different way
  • Pledge to stop violence
  • Realization of how we control our anger
  • Working toward understanding why violence occurs and addressing it
  • Helping youth overcome challenges/ peer pressure by acting as a role model
  • Avoiding violent situations

• Regrets
  • Witness violence and do nothing about it (act as innocent bystander)
  • Media has created an immunity to violence (includes video games, movies)
  • Being tired of the fight, hopelessness, despair
  • Feeling that things aren’t getting better
  • Community not working together
  • Putting ourselves at risk
  • Not enough experience to know how to deal with a situations

• Actions
  • Stiffer penalties on people who buy guns for resale on the streets
  • Create safe places for kids after school – that are cool!
  • Create alternatives to deal with differences and factions
  • Community education, counseling, activism
  • Hold people accountable for violence they do
  • Get involved

PROGRAM FINDINGS FROM 
BREAKOUT SESSION 2

• Prouds
  • Seeking non violent options
  • Patience with differences
  • Having guts to stop a violent situation
  • Realization that another’s violent act is not a reflection/ caused by me
  • Family approach to hold ourselves accountable, teaching responsibility for our actions/not use violence as a solution
  • Calm demeanor diffuses – acting in accordance with this
  • Set an example yourself

• Regrets
  • Reacting before I think
  • Bad temper / short fuse
  • Participating in fights/arguments – joining in
  • Letting anger build up
  • My music choices around my young relatives
  • Getting other’s more upset Actions that hurt other’s self-image
  • Not speaking out against violence
  • Message we send to young men that violence is OK

• Actions
  • Showing others that violence is not OK
  • Become more aware of /educate people on physical evidence of negative impact of violence (especially on ability to control impulses)
  • Earning your respect so you can take a nonviolent stance in asserting yourself
  • Learn and apply new techniques re how to deal with anger (training)