Leave the gun take the cannoli (9)

March comes in like a lion ready to prey on the innocent little lambs flocking to Sunset Park for a game of basketball.  The  unscrupulous are roaming the streets for fresh blood to feed the insatiable appetite of the ubiquitous gang royalty fighting for control of a certain south Brooklyn neighborhood.  

Information is our best defense.  So, every spring, Children of the City hosts Gang Awareness workshops after their Saturday Reading Buddies Program. In conjunction with GRIPE (Gang Reduction through Intervention and Education), kids and their families learn about the ways that gangs recruit members into a sub-culture that fosters violence and economic suppression.  

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