An interactive workshop/lecture will be conducted Urban Gun Violence Prevention. This is the first of many workshops that have been designed by CTRIBAT to address the issues that confront Our Youth and to give them the proper tools to cope with life in an Urban Environment.
"Good Decision Making Starts with Good Information and Education, after that
Make sure The Right Ones are there to receive the Message."
These are 25 students of CTRIBAT ages 9 years old to 17 years old attending the
2006 Leadership Retreat Workshop Interactive Seminar on Gun Violence Prevention.
Kashif Abdul-Karim- Office of Juvenile Parole/Probation (sitting at the table) give an up close an personal talk about "how not to enter the Criminal Justice System.
Officer Jason Jackson (CTRIBAT Volunter Instructor), Officer Russel Blackwell (CTRIBAT Volunter Instructor), and CTRIBAT Board of Director Officer Carl Myers.
Clinton Robinson- CTRIBAT Director of Development/Crisis Intervention
spends some time talking about coping skills and interpersonal conflict,
patience and thinking through actions.
In the foreground sits Barbar Fair Community Leader/Youth Advocate.
Next to her sits CTRIBAT Board of Director Officer Carl Myers.
Two days after being shot in the head while riding bikes home from a carnival, 13 year-old Justus Suggs lay clinging to life in a coma at New-Haven Hospital Tuesday. These young boys, one of whom barely escaped a bullet himself, grappled with their friend's condition -- and their.....