SFGTV2 January 8, 2013
The first thing individuals need, not to feel like gang members is to erase their past. They have literally talked with me about feeling removing these tattoos and legal excitement. It is not that simple. Changing from being a gang member to a former gang member involves a change in identity. This is a tricky process. It is slow and steady, and there is frustration. The gang is replaced with drugs, and there are fallbacks. Relapses, connections, there are struggles. This is where collaboration needs to take hold. It has now become a cliche, to say that we cannot rest on our way out of this pro...