Table of Contents
featuring 
Phillip Jackson and Chip Mitchell 
on WBEZ Public Radio 
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We are spending billions of dollars on what doesn't work including:
  1. Increasing the number of police on the streets, with high-powered weapons and highly-militarized, crime-fighting equipment
  2. Bringing in the AFT, DEA, FBI, DHS, CIA, National Guard, U.S. Army, et cetera
  3. Arresting, incarcerating and criminalizing youth
  4. Focusing mostly on drug and gang activity
  5. Using university research to create strategies for the streets
  6. Intervening at the point of violence
  7. 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
  8. Systematically reducing youth engagement activities and opportunities
  9. Providing sub-par educational facilities and opportunities for students
  10. Blaming heavily the availability of guns for the violence
  11. Planning to reduce violence a week before you expect the violence
  12. Funding violence prevention programs in a disjointed, haphazard manner
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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)
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Chicago, Illinois (South Side) New York City, New York (Queens)
Chicago, Illinois (West Side) Newark, New Jersey
Christiana, Delaware Norfolk, Virginia
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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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