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...need to build bridges with youth workers and, frankly, with gang members," he said...
...It’s hard to overstate how important sports and other youth activities are to Sullivan, a towering man who continued his gridiron career at the University of Iowa. He is a self-proclaimed believer in the theory behind the “Boston Miracle”—a strategy of using youth programs to prevent anti-social behavior and to unify the city—and would like to bring it to Cambridge...
...says much of the blame for this violence rests with the Cambridge Housing Authority, which has cut back on both security and youth programs in response to a drop off in federal funding for public housing. Without after-school activities, Sullivan says “restless youth” have few things to do, and ultimately get into mischief...
...admits that Pop Warner, the nation’s oldest and largest youth football league, isn’t for everyone—as a child, he was told he was “too big” to play...
Sullivan’s views on other issues are similarly informed: when asked about affordable housing, for example, he frames the issue in the context of making sure longtime residents are not priced out of the city. And even when he emphasizes the need for youth sports and activities, he seems to be guided by a desire to see Cambridge remade as the city of his childhood...