The Thug Summit

Mike Mennonno discusses the Rev. Eugene Rivers's Thug Summmit - an effort to team up high-risk inner-city kids with mentoring ex-thugs:

... So while the Thug Summit is a renewed call-to-arms to the hardened warriors at The Baker House, it should serve as a clarion call to the whole community. Because the cautionary tale provided by an ex-con is only a first step away from despair and violence for high-risk youth. If they have nothing to move toward-a practical hope, let's call it-the work of a few dedicated warriors will still risk falling far short of what we as a community are truly capable of. ..