Gang Intervention

Avalon Carver Community Center
4920 S Avalon Blvd.
Los Angeles Ca
323-232-4391

Los Angeles Police Dept. Crash Unit
7600 S. Broadway
Los Angeles Ca 90021
213-485-4341

All Peoples Christian Center
822 E 20th St.
Los Angeles Ca 90011
213-747-6357

Frank Riley Memorial Youth Center
9418 S. San Pedro
Los Angeles, Ca 90003
323-756-8089

Para Los Ninos
845 E. 6th St
Los Angeles, Ca. 90021
213-623-8446

CleanSlate Inc
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Gang members and anger management

On occasion I will receive an anger management client who is entrenched in the gang culture. Many of these clients have been referred due to a violent confrontation, illegal discharge of a firearm or a terrorist threat.

The presence of anger is evident in many of the younger gang members. They are angry at absent fathers and drug addicted mothers. Many are angered by the fact that they can't read and how the system has failed them. They are angry at rival gangs and fueled by the rage of revenge.

As gang members mature their anger becomes less visible. They become more calculated and resolute. The elder gang member is no longer driven by rage. If he or she lives past the age of 25 they are considered O.G.'s. They call the shots, they run the game. Violence and aggression is now motivated by pride, prestige and money. These are the clients who are hard to reach. Their anger is buried under a life of death, the sound of sirens, the smell of marijuana and the glory of money.                 

Daybreak Counseling Service