Ship yard steers kids away from gangs
BORDER CONTROL BILL IN DECADES.
>> A RALEIGH MAN IS WORKING TO
GIVE KIDS A PLACE TO GO AFTER
SCHOOL AND TO KEEP THEM AWAY
FROM GANGS. WE SHOWED YOU IN A
RECENT WRAL DOCUMENTARY, EASY
TARGETS. HOW GANG MEMBERS ARE
RECRUITING KIDS TO COMMIT
CRIMES. WRAL DOCUMENTARY
REPORTER KRISTEN SEVERANCE
SHOWS US HOW NONPROFITS LIKE
SHIP COMMUNITY OUTREACH OR
STEERING KIDS IN THE RIGHT
DIRECTION.
WE MET 13 YEAR-OLD HUNTED AT
THE SHIPYARD IN SOUTHEAST
RALEIGH. HE AND HIS FAMILY ARE
REFUGEES FROM AFGHANISTAN.
A MOVE HERE LIKE A 2 YEARS AGO.
HE SPENDS MOST OF HIS TIME HERE
AT THE FREE JAN BECOMES HOW
OFTEN ALMOST EVERY DAY.
>> HE'S OWES MORE TO ME.
WE COME TO SPAIN 3, 4 HOURS.
WILL PEOPLE START DEVELOPING
THEIR BODY PUT VALUE ON
HIMSELF? RIGHT. SO A LOT OF
KIDS. I DON'T THINK THEY'RE
DOING BECAUSE THERE'S NO VALUE.
PASTOR CHRIS JONES IS BEHIND
EVERYTHING AS SHOULD COMMUNITY
OUTREACH.
>> THE GYM, A PANTRY WHERE THEY
FEED 17,000 FAMILIES. WE DO
ABOUT 42,000 LOAVES OF BREAD,
A BOOK 42,001, THE ONLY I WAS
FAKE, ONE OF THE ORGANIZATION,
THE CITY THAT MOST OF OUR
OUTREACH, WE GIVE AWAY PROTEIN.
>> SO WE MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE
ME. THE PANTRY HAS A MEAT
FREEZER.
>> TO PROVIDE PROTEIN TO
FAMILIES AND A PLACE WHERE THEY
GREW VEGETABLES. HYDROPONIC
SYSTEM HERE. WE ALSO HAVE WHAT
IT CALLED. MISTY SAYS IT.
WE MET PASTOR CHRIS WHILE DOING
A RECENT DOCUMENTARY EASY
TARGET GANGS GETTING YOUNGER
IN NORTH CAROLINA DOES RALLY
HAVE A GANG PROBLEM? YES, MOST
DEFINITELY. HE BUILT THE FREE
JEN TO GIVE KIDS A PLACE TO GO.
>> AND IT'S SOMETHING PHYSICAL
TO EXERT SOME OF THAT ENERGY
THAT THEY HAVE TO GET ON A
DIFFERENT WAY.
>> OTHER INDUSTRIES SHOOTING IN
AND THOSE KIND OF THINGS.
SO WANT TO TRY TO CONFIRM WHO
KNOWS, WHICH IS WHAT HAPPENED
WITH 13 YEAR-OLD HOME LIKE IN
MY NEIGHBORHOOD HAVE ABOUT
NEIGHBORS. SO THOSE PEOPLE THAT
ARE WHO ARE THERE. SO THEY
TRIED TO LIKE PUSH ME TO GAME.
SO THEY BECOME ONE OF
THEM. SO I HAD TO REALLY THINK
ABOUT IT. SO I'D LIKE TO BUT
ONE GAME IN A GOOD HE'S BEEN
PRESSURED. HE CAME IN TALKING
ABOUT IT AND THAT'S ALL KNOW
WHAT IT WILL DO. IT RIGHT?
>> WELL, SO BE IT. BUT, YOU
KNOW, HE FELT LIKE HE NEEDED TO
FIGHT HIS WAY OUT. SO HE WAS
DOING THAT RIGHT. BUT NOW HE'S
NOT FIGHTING. ICE IS NOT FIGHT
ANYMORE. AND THEN HE'S GOT TO
BE MORE LOW. HE SAID DOT IS
PROVIDING A SAFE SPACE PICKED.
>> BEING A SAFE PERSON TO TALK
TO IS KEY AND HELPING KIDS MAKE
THE RIGHT CHOICES BY CAN CHANGE
THE LIFE OF ONE KEY, UGLY
THINGS. GET BETTER.
>> BUT EVERYBODY HAD TO HAVE
THAT OUT INTO RIGHT THAT WE CAN
DO THIS TOGETHER. OKAY. IS THAT
I'M JUST WANT CHRIS JONES.
I WE OWE THE PEOPLE WORKING AT
EVERY CHRISTIAN SEVERANCE,
WRAL, NEWS, RALEIGH. ALL RIGHT.
JONES SAID THAT THEY ARE
CURRENTLY ADDING SEVERAL.
>> NEW AREAS TO THE FACILITY,
INCLUDING A HOMEWORK CLUB AND A
PLACE TO GET A MEAL AFTER
SCHOOL. YOU CAN WATCH OUR
ENTIRE WRAL DOCUMENTARY EASY