From GoErie.com
Over the past years, we have seen an increase in youth crime and violence. The wanton disregard for human life and its related aftermath have crushed and saddened our community.
These events have prodded us to ask why. We need to begin to take action because we are highly cognizant of the roots from which these problems grow.These problems are present in the data of previous studies and are the fruit that we reap from poverty, inequity in education, the lack of worthwhile character-building activities, and the effect that economics plays on the deterioration of the family and its subsequent teaching of core values.In putting out a fire, one tends to seek the source and to extinguish it from its origin.It is from this premise that we seek to talk to those whom the fire affects the most and to seek their input as to how this fire can best be extinguished. We want to encourage our youth to become proactive problem-solvers in seeking to change the tide of violence into streams of self-respect and love.We propose to form the student nonviolence task force.The chief aim will be to discuss the causes and problems inherent in youth violence by recognizing the sources of violent behavior and then formulating strategies and programs to educate the youth population of the city of Erie. We believe youth, our future citizens, are highly capable of recognizing problems they face and offering meaningful solutions to solve them.
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