Early Interventions
| Late in March, Victor Gaskins and several program participants from Grace House and St. Leonard’s House went to the Richard Henry Lee Elementary School on the South Side to speak with students about making positive choices in their lives. The 7th and 8th grade students were a very good audience who knew well what the concerns were that SLM program participants discussed. Guns, drug dealing and other negative elements are often made out to be quite inviting “on the front” end. When SLM speakers describe the ultimate end for these activities, jail or prison, young people may be more inclined to walk a different path. St. Leonard’s House and Grace House program participants are always willing to talk with students. They understand the seemingly attractive call of the streets in the lives of so many desperate young people. Speaking candidly from a different vantage point may have saved who knows how many lives. |
Posted April 25th, 2012
