Generation X Group Information

Defy cancerous cycles of hate & heartache among American youth. Evolve personally, as the staff, family and faces of Generation X Group - learning & growing in our own journeys as we carryout its message. Drive the next generation into a future they can face with confidence, competence and class. Restore poorly built relationships with self, family, teachers, peers and the justice system. Provide quality adolescent resources; scholastic, occupational, behavioral, health & wellness. Fundamental counseling and mentorship programs, addressing self-afflictions, social and legal misconduct. been 'about that life' couldn't demonstrate a damn thing about the hood. They're degreed, overheard hearsay, visit the community (lol) or worse, got it from T.V. And it's major upsetting because these aren't their children - they're ours. They're my four babies, your two nieces, his nephew, her son. The argument, however, is not against academics. I value the power of education, having unlocked my own scholastic limitations through school. But being in the belly of a beast is not taught in text books, I promise you that. So why am I qualified? You must know how much I love giving my testimony! 20+ years ago I found myself sitting in a court room, staring at my courageous momma, knowing that the judge was about to carry out the life-term I sentenced myself to. I had Heart though homie - didn't even cry - that day. eight years in. I just sat em' to the side, like whateva' man. I got on board with V.G. Guinness and the SEY YES program for about 10 years doing Crisis Intervention field work. Became a gang liaison to L.A.P.D., a gang expert for the Los Angeles Municipal Courts, a crisis counselor for the L.A. County Probation Dept. I've worked with over 200 L.A.U.S.D. schools, educating them on gang awareness, prevention, intervention, and planning 'Safe Passage' to & from school. And then on to the Masters Plan: Generation X Group. Man, I've had to keep my armor on day & night for this one. Even without funding, things had to get ...