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featuring
Phillip Jackson and Chip Mitchell
on WBEZ Public Radio
Click Here to Hear the Discussion on
the Morning Shift
on WBEZ Public Radio
We are spending billions of dollars on what doesn't work including:
- Increasing the number of police on the streets, with high-powered weapons and highly-militarized, crime-fighting equipment
- Bringing in the AFT, DEA, FBI, DHS, CIA, National Guard, U.S. Army, et cetera
- Arresting, incarcerating and criminalizing youth
- Focusing mostly on drug and gang activity
- Using university research to create strategies for the streets
- Intervening at the point of violence
- Having the wrong people at the discussion table who don't know what causes youth violence and that have few new ideas for solving the problem of youth violence
- Systematically reducing youth engagement activities and opportunities
- Providing sub-par educational facilities and opportunities for students
- Blaming heavily the availability of guns for the violence
- Planning to reduce violence a week before you expect the violence
- Funding violence prevention programs in a disjointed, haphazard manner
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These 159 cities have
signed up for the
2017 Million Father March
Where is your city's participation?
Arlington, Texas |
Lawton, Oklahoma |
Atlanta, Georgia |
Leesburg, Florida |
Augusta, Georgia |
Lithonia, Georgia |
Baltimore City, Maryland |
Littleton, Colorado |
Bardstown, Kentucky |
Los Angeles, California |
Barnwell, South Carolina |
Los Fresnos, Texas |
Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
Lyle, Washington |
Berkley, Michigan |
Macon, Georgia |
Bloomfield, Connecticut |
Marshall, Texas |
Bloomington, Indiana |
Memphis, Tennessee |
Bradenton, Florida |
Merrionette Park, Illinois |
Brooklyn, New York |
MIami, Florida |
Buffalo, New York |
Minneapolis, Minnesota |
Calexico, California |
Mobile, Alabama |
Calvert County, Maryland |
Moreno Valley, California |
Camden, New Jersey |
Mount Vernon, New York |
Capron, Virginia |
Mt. Vernon, New York |
Carpentersville, Illinois |
Nashville, Tennessee |
Carson, California |
New York City, New York |
Central Islip, New York |
New York City, New York (Bronx) |
Charlotte, North Carolina |
New York City, New York (Brooklyn) |
Chicago, Illinois (North Side) |
New York City, New York (Harlem) |
Chicago, Illinois (South Side) |
New York City, New York (Queens) |
Chicago, Illinois (West Side) |
Newark, New Jersey |
Christiana, Delaware |
Norfolk, Virginia |
Cincinnati, Ohio |
North Las Vegas, Nevada |
Clarksdale, Mississippi |
Oak Park, Michigan |
Cleveland, Ohio |
Omaha, Nebraska |
Clinton, North Carolina |
Orlando, Florida |
Colorado Springs, Colorado |
Palm Harbor, Florida |
Colton, California |
Pascagoula, Mississippi |
Columbia, South Carolina |
Perris, California |
Commerce City, Colorado |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Coral Springs, Florida |
Plainfield, New Jersey |
Dallesport, Washington |
Pompano Beach, Florida |
Danville, Illinois |
Powder Springs, Georgia |
Darby, Pennsylvania |
Prichard, Alabama |
Daytona Beach Florida |
Pulaski, Virginia |
Denver, Colorado |
Raleigh, North Carolina |
Detroit, Michigan |
Redding, California |
Dobbins Heights, North Carolina |
Rialto, California |
Dolton, Illinois |
Richmond, California |
Douglasville, Georgia |
Ridgeland, South Carolina |
Duke, Oklahoma |
Riverdale, Illinois |
Dundee, Florida |
Riviera Beach, Florida |
East Chicago, Indiana |
Rochester, New York |
East Orange, New Jersey |
Rock Island, Illinois |
East St. Louis, Illinois |
Rockingham, North Carolina |
Estill, South Carolina |
Royal Oak Township, Michigan |
Evansville, Indiana |
San Diego, California |
Ferndale, Michigan |
Sauk Village, Illinois |
Ferriday, Louisiana |
Savannah, Georgia |
Flint, Michigan |
Schenectady, New york |
Ford Heights, Illinois |
Shelbyville, Indiana |
Fort Gaines, Georgia |
Shreveport, Louisiana |
Fort Lauderdale, Florida |
Slidell, Louisiana |
Frankfort, Kentucky |
Smyrna, Georgia |
Fresh Meadows , New York |
South Pittsburg, Tennessee |
Fuquay Varina, North Carolina |
Southfield, Michigan |
Gaithersburg, Maryland |
Sparta, Georgia |
Goldsboro, North Carolina |
Springfield Gardens, New York |
Goose Creek, South Carolina |
St. Louis, Missouri |
Grand Prairie, Texas |
St. Paul, Minnesota |
Hamtramk, Michigan |
Summerfield, Florida |
Hardeeville, South Carolina |
Summerton, South Carolina |
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania |
Syracuse, New York |
High Point, North Carolina |
Tacoma, Washington |
Highland Park, Michigan |
Tampa, Florida |
Hilliard, Ohio |
Theodore, Alabama |
Hillsborough, North Carolina |
Trenton, New Jersey |
Holyoke. Massachusetts |
Union City California |
Houston, Texas |
Upper Darby, Pennsylvania |
Indianapolis, Indiana |
Villa Rice, Georgia |
Inland Empire, California |
Visalia, California |
Jackson, Mississippi |
Washington, DC |
Jacksonville, Florida |
Wichita, Kansas |
Kansas City, Missouri |
Williston, Florida |
Lake Charles, Louisiana |
Winnsboro, South Carolina |
Las Vegas, Nevada |
Winston, Georgia |
Lauderhill, Florida |
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sign-up your school, organization or city for the
2017 Million Father March
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Million Father March impacts children, schools and communities.
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