Los Angeles 12/29/2007 12:59:21 AM
News / Education

Gangs in the Harbor

The Toberman Neighborhood Center in San Pedro

LA.CityZine.com has recently covered the anti-gang efforts of the Toberman Neighborhood Center who are outdoing Law Enforcement by not just responding to gangs, but preventing them. The San Pedro staff is made up of people who were once gang memebers themselves and are now giving back to a program that once saved them. Unlike Law Enforcement, the staff builds personal relationships with the community and is able to help them from within.

In the article, "Gangs in the Harbor: Part 2," it is discussed how the Toberman Neighborhood Center has found pragmatic ways to fight crime and poverty and remind us that "simple acts of generosity towards a family or an individual are indeed real and effective."

Also, check out the first part of this story, "What Giving Can Do: Toberman Neighborhood Center," which discusees welfare, child care, drug abuse, and much more.

For more news check out LA.CityZine.com

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