S2 Ep1091: What If the CHURCH Was the Solution to Gun Violence in Chicago?: Michael Allen
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Gospel Justice Centers in High Crime High Poverty Neighborhoods to Help People Solve Civil Issues Before They Become Criminal Issues
We're in 70 public schools we're partnering churches with schools to tutor kids and mentor their parents because we believe we have to have an impact in the entire family not just in the kids right so that's sort of a preventative strategy trying to get to the kids before they get into the streets join gangs and commit crimes. 80 percent of the people who have a justice problem it's really a civil issue but many of them don't have access to good legal affordable counsel good counsel, he says. We say well what if we could mobilize an army of Christian legal professionals attorneys and and legal aid professionals who will give pro bono time to help people solve their civil issues before they become criminal issues
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