Gira Bhatt for The Indo-Canadian Voice writes, “On Sunday, January 22, about 100 members of the Surrey community gathered at Surrey City Hall to celebrate the collaborative connections of seven agencies who had come together to conclude BC Ministry of Public Safety Civil Forfeiture Award funded project “Strength-based Gang Prevention Programming for Youth and Families.”
The project was a merging of community action and academic research on what makes for strong youth who would resist the lures and recruitment tactics of criminal gangs. The research needed to be integrated with existing youth programs at community locations. It was at this juncture that the community groups came on board with their overwhelming support. Together they all worked to make their existing youth program evidence-based and interactive.”