Family Quote by Jay Rock

We [people] all need each other. Gangs do try to fill that void - but they can't do what healthy, balanced, and coherent families…

— Luis J. Rodriguez

Gangs exist when there are lots of empties in a person, in family, in community. It points out how we need to do more…

— Luis J. Rodriguez

And what is needed to prevent them from joining gangs was ample recreation for boys as well as girls, jobs and internships for training…

— Bobby Scott

With gangs, there could be a positive outlook because it takes the older guys to come school these younger guys on the right roles.

— Jay Rock

The truth is that those who join gangs - more often than not they are young men in their later teens - often do…

— Chris Grayling

Before i was jumped in i remember Lucky telling us how being in a gang was like having a second family... a family who…

— Simone Elkeles

You prevent kids from joining gangs by offering after-school programs, sports, mentoring, and positive engagement with adults. You intervene with gang members by offering…

— Greg Boyle

I felt my country should do more for its children. Its children are not born gangsters. In fact, they have in them the potential…

— Azim Khamisa

If the truth is told, the youth can grow Then learn to survive until they gain control Nobody says you have to be gangstas,…

— Nas

These kids are looking for direction, for identification. Kids join gangs because they need a father figure or they want to be part of…

— Jesse White

We're trying to challenge the gangs, not by repression, but by competing to get the young people to our side.

— Nayib Bukele

If young people had love, hope, true education, the arts, full and meaningful lives they won’t join gangs. My life since living the gang…

— Luis J. Rodriguez