A YouthBuild Special Topic Webinar-"Working with Youth: Gangs 101". This Webinar will provide participants with information on national trends, and regional information. Participants will learn how to identify the early warning signs that their youth are participating with gangs and hate groups. This session will serve as a precursor for additional training, instruction and action planning that will occur at scheduled regional and national YouthBuild gatherings.

Presenters:	Ron "Cook" Barrett, Gang Prevention Specialist, Albany, New York Police Department Wayne Sakamoto, Director of Safe Schools, Murrieta Valley Unified School District
Moderator:	Michelle Loosli, Project Director, Partners for Community Solutions
Date:	10/13/2009
Time:	2pm Eastern (1:00pm/Central, 12:00pm/Mountain, 11:00am/Pacific)
Length:	90 minutes

A YouthBuild Special Topic Webinar-"Working with Youth: Gangs 101". More and more communities throughout the United States are finding that dealing with gangs and hate groups is a priority safety issue. Gangs and hate groups are directly tied to violence and harassment, narcotics use and trafficking, fights and aggression, assaults on agency staff, community dysfunction and fear. This Webinar will provide participants with information on national trends, and regional information. Participants will learn how to identify the early warning signs that their youth are participating with gangs and hate groups. Topics will include assessing your community for risk factors, and recognizing and reading gang related graffiti, tattoos, hand signs symbols and attire. This Webinar will serve as a precursor for additional training, instruction and action planning that will occur at scheduled regional and national YouthBuild gatherings.

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