In a city who saw a 16% arrested with a 2018’s guns to 2024, a single effort is in empowering to empower some of those young to put life.
The New York City Manage of Criminal Justice “Flip The Script”, a 40-week program that trains teenagers to the risk and young people Pistol chargesin the film. Participants 18- to 24, mainly by Brownsville, Brooklyn, and the South Bronx, are paid 20 hours of $ 20.
One of those adends, kj Campbell, they perso her father and two brothers to make violence. The 19th years has also been arrested in 2023 for the possession of illegal gun.
Campbell says that time in picking, he realized to change the course of his life, I see how the people are talking, the way I don’t want it as they. ‘
Shortly after Campbell release from the pluna, matricly matricly in “Flip Chirre,” who separated their passion for film.
“I feel that this program could you get the way away from what I have to be … because I know I have talent,” Campbell said. Now he plans to pursue a career as a movie director.
Samantha Kleinfield, the Office of Jative Director of Jactivo, has created the program in 2021 to help fight gun violence.
Up to this year, 14% of shooting suspects in New York City are minorsAccording to the Nypd Commissioner, Tisch, and 14% of all shooting wins are as well as the age of 18.
“We were looking forward to innovative ways to address the growth violence in the New York Violence,” said Kleinafield. “The filming filming is seen as art transformer power to be able to process the trauma that much of these children experienced.”
Professional entertainment industry mentor participants and teach hard and soft skills needed to launch their careers.
One of the mentors, the Aron Jones, Urg their mentales that adopt a new mind: “It’s the brother to be pursued and doing something with your life, instead of just turning.”
The 12 people’s team is expected to finish its project this summer – a short film that will be prevailing to a theater movie and be engineer.
The office has aim to establish a pipeline leading by the program to full-time jobs. Since their initiation in 2021, more than 60 people graduated from the program and 70% of them are still employed.
Kleinfield has a larger vision for long-term participants, saying, “I want to see you to the Academy to Academy.”