Coalition Recommendations
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Pasadena’s Coalition for a Non-Violent City, formed in response to the slayings of three teen-agers last year, has divided itself into six separate task forces. Each is working to take concrete steps toward the following goals:
Gang, Street and School Violence
* Get more adults on campuses through the Pasadena Unified School District’s volunteer program.
* Work with the school district to train students, faculty, staff and parents in conflict resolution.
* Meet with gang members to understand and discuss their needs for job training and employment.
* Help agencies set up training in peer conflict resolution.
Gun Violence
* Introduce to the City Council an ordinance requiring any person who buys ammunition to fill out a registration form.
* Devise a public information campaign, including radio and billboards, to show the role of guns in suicide, domestic violence, accidents and crime.
* Create ongoing groups to lobby for gun control and initiate public observances after gun-related deaths occur in Pasadena.
Social, Economic and Workplace Violence
* Devise an electronic bulletin board to provide job and educational information.
* Help Foothill Family Services provide one-on-one field trips to Northwest Pasadena.
* Provide conflict-resolution training for small groups.
Substance Abuse
* Revive “Teen Posts,” youth recreation, counseling and tutoring centers.
* Hold a conference run by teens to find out what their problems are.
* Coordinate anti-drug and anti-alcohol programs with the Lions Quest Program run by the Lions Club.
* Counter beer advertising aimed specifically at African Americans.
Youth and Violence
* Sponsor a youth conference for Pasadena’s young people to set their own agenda for non-violence.
* Work with the school district to reinstate vocational training, such as metal and wood shop and auto mechanics classes.
* Devise an in-service training program for teachers run by students to inform them about the daily problems facing youth.
* Start an on-campus or Boy Scout mentoring program.
Family Violence
* Gather written materials, hot-line phone numbers and names of shelters, and find ways to get the information to those in need.
* Organize a speakers’ bureau on family violence.
* Post stickers on public phones with phone numbers of violence hot lines.
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