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Resolution skills to the children of new orleans so they can avoid violence and stay alive. i love new orleans for its sense of community, but there is an undercurrent of hopelessness. >> who can tell me what their sign says? everything we do here is to build positive social relationships. our motto is reconciliation, never retaliation. >> i was on the verge of getting ready to seriously hurt somebody, but miss lisa stopped us. she definitely taught me to be in control of myself. >> one of the t...

Resolution skills to the children of new orleans, so they can avoid violence and stay alive. its a sense of community, but theres an undercurrent of hopelessness. >> who can tell me what the sign says. >> peace maker. >> everything we do here is to build positive social relationships. our motto is reconciliation, never retaliation. >> i was on the verge of getting ready to seriously hurt somebody, but miss lisa stopped us. she definitely taught me to be in control moof myself. >> reporter: whats...

>> thats why we decided not to make it underperforming african-americans but over the african-americans to do some peer mentoring and do some role modelling and some encouragement. >> thats racist. >> the principal apologized for organizing the trip but thats not sitting well with everyone. >> i think that there should be outrage on it any time you divide children based on race, thats a racist thing to do. >> as far as these kids feeling discriminated against, that sort of starts at home. we are...