STOP THE VIOLENCE IN DEZ STREETS

Feeling frisky today, so I decided to discuss the violence that's going on in dez streets of Chicago.  I look at my beautiful city and acknowledge the wonderful African American leaders and historical landmarks and neighborhoods.  I ask myself, how can a city with the #1 NBA team THE CHICAGO BULLS (that's for the Heat fans lol), be a city where teens and young adults, are so full of rage?  What is going on?  Where has parents, society, neighbors, community leaders and centers failed them?  Or, have we failed at all?

I am a mother and one day, I have plans to become a wife.  I don't plan on moving to another city, unless it's MIAMI, so I need answers to those questions.  Not only answers to those questions, but SOLUTIONS or ACTION PLANS!!!!  It amazes me that the United States has recently put together a National HIV/AIDS strategy for our country, when they (USA) have gone and developed strategies for other countries, first.  I bring this point up because it's time that the violence in dez streets of Chicago, have a strategy put together in order to end it.  Lord knows, we don't need anymore legal documents saying what you can or cannot do.  What I'm saying is we need to create a strategy that works, and that will be implemented into our daily lives.  Again, I am a mother and awaiting on God to send my husband, in time and I want to enjoy those blessings in a peaceful and SAFE city.

I was on WVON last week on Dr. Finney's show discussing these issues and I talked about before the show went on, how I believe some of this rage in our teens and young adults can be that domestic violence in the homes.  What are mom and dad doing in the home, that our kids feel that violence is the answer to their problem?  I honestly believe that in order to fix dez streets of Chicago, we have to start in the homes.  Help our men find jobs and education.  Help our mothers spend time with their children and offer support to the single moms so that BET, MTV, HBO and dez streets of Chicago, won't be raising our kids and giving them the wrong directions.  Teach our children how to behave and dress for success not to be the next video whore or walking around creating another sterotype for our culture.....dreads and white T's, will replace Trayvon's hoodie, skittles and tea soon.  Our people will march all day long, we learned that from the Bayou's of Louisiana, along the Mississippi river and in Memphis that tragic day Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was shot and killed.  So we can march when it's time to make justice pay us some attention, but what do we do once we return to our communities.......nothing!  Absolutely, nothing and that is the sad part.

I want to know your thoughts as it is the topic for today on A New Me Foundation Facebook page and Twitter (@anewmef).  Do you think DOMESTIC VIOLENCE plays a role in the violence that's going on in Chicago? Why or Why not?




BREAK THE SILENCE OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE!!!!