Program:
The Scared
Stiff program brings
together professionals and community leaders together in
order to express their concerns of gun violence in the
community and to illustrate graphically the impact of gun
violence on the community and the destruction of such acts.
The program is taken directly into the schools, community
centers, recreation centers, juvenile detention centers,
and other public forums and will focus on the devastation
that occurs when individuals in the community dies from gun
shot wounds.
Purpose:
The program is a part of the Midnight Basketball League
Program’s health component and is designed to create
positive interaction and venues that decrease at-risk
youth’s involvement in gun violence within the community.
Searching for ways to curb community gun violence,
the Scared
Stiff program strives
to help teens and young adults (ages 13 – 25 years) develop
a new respect for life by collaborating with concerned
religious leaders, public officials, parents, educators,
and concerned citizens.
The program presents teens and young adults with a candid
and graphic view of the destructive toll of gun violence
and its impact on the community. Ultimately, however, the
purpose is to dispel the myth in the minds of at-risk
youths that: 1) violent death is honorable and a way of
life in urban society and 2) viewing casual gun violence as
an acceptable means of resolving conflicts.
Program
Overall Objectives:
The Program seeks to:
Identify ways
to reduce gun violence in the Western Addition area.
Redirect
at-risk youths’ energies toward positive social goals.
Teach community
responsibility.
Secure suitable
employment for participants enabling them to achieve self –
actualization in employment.
Enrich the
cultural and moral life of participants in the community.
Provide the
opportunity for participants to enrich their lives by
providing knowledge, appreciation, and understanding
pursuant to their history, culture, and heritage.
Requirements:
At-risk
youths and young adults, ages 13 – 25
Resides in the
Western Addition area of San Francisco
