Word: ganges
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Nathaniel Askia, executive director of FIRST,Inc., a non-profit drug rehabilitation programwhich serves as Gang Peace's parent organization,says that Gang Peace has been able to mediatebetween gangs by stepping into disputes andraising the question: "Is this worth dying...
...some youth are pessimistic that a grouplike Gang Peace can make a significant impact ongang violence in Boston...
Harris contacted Dailey, who came over to theschool with members of Gang Peace and spoke withthe rival groups to defuse the situation.According to Harris, Dailey was successful inpreventing violence because he comes from thecommunity...
...Gang Peace staff and those who know GangPeace's work say that they have builtrelationships of "trust" and "understanding" withmany youth in the city, including some hard-coregang members. Part of that trust is built on theunderstanding that Gang Peace members won't turnanyone over to the police...
...Hill, a 17-year-old Dorchester resident anda member of Gang Peace, says that Gang Peace is"the only place for kids around here...