This episode features Marcel Martin, who is an intervention specialist with Center of Hope in Baltimore, Maryland. The Center of Hope is an Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention grantee that is supported by the National Gang Center’s Training and Technical Assistance program. Marcel coordinates the center’s Kuji Youth Radio initiative, which is a prevention and intervention program that uses podcasting as a strategy for reaching and providing opportunities to youth exposed to gang violence. In this episode, Marcel provides practical guidance for helping youth find and shape their voices.

Center for Hope Website

This episode focuses on understanding multigenerational influences in youth gangs and on how this knowledge can be applied to community violence intervention efforts aimed at interrupting the cycle of violence.  Topic areas include: 

 1.  Understanding the scope and impact of multigenerational gang associations  

2.  Identifying challenges and opportunities in working with youth and families with multigenerational gang associations  

3.  Applying this knowledge in community violence intervention efforts focused on youth and families with multigenerational gang associations

This episode focuses on understanding the impact of trauma on those exposed to gang-involved violence and on how trauma-informed policing can be applied to interrupt the cycle of violence.  Topic areas include: 

1. Understanding how trauma impacts those exposed to gang-involved violence and contributes to the cycle of violence 
2. Understanding how traditional responses may negatively impact outcomes for victims, witnesses, and offenders
3.  Applying principles of trauma-informed policing to interrupt the cycle of violence and improve outcomes in communities affected by gang violence