From Gangs and Stabbings to Changing Young Lives. ©️2019

“I’ve had people put guns to my head. I’ve had people try to kidnap me. I had 20 guys try and stab me ..because I was in a rival gang.” EXCLUSIVE! Listen to Hezron’s powerful story about growing up in Birmingham, experiencing homelessness from a young age, a destructive relationship with his mum and his ongoing anger problem. He talks about why he joined a gang, and the moment leading up to his 2-year suspended sentence – the trigger for turning his life around. Daily headlines reverberate around gang and knife crime with society and government unable to know how to stem the loss of young lives.We ask, what can we learn from listening to people who’ve been involved in gangs and knife crime? Just as our Building Resilience Against Violence and Extremism (BRAVE*) workshops try to understand why young people may carry a knife and get involved in gangs, Hezron addresses the overlaps between gangs and extremist groups and how both elements target young people with devastating consequences. He provides some practical advice around what young people should do and who they should speak to. delivered by ConnectFutures & St Giles Trust to 20,000 young people 2018/19 _________________________ Copyright The videos on this page are ©2019 by ConnectFutures. All rights reserved. In accessing the ConnectFuture videos, you agree that you may only download the content for your own personal non-commercial use. You may not, except with our express written permission, distribute or commercially exploit the content. Nor may you transmit it or store it in any other website or other form of electronic retrieval system. No part may be modified or changed or exploited in any way used for derivative works, or offered for sale, or used to construct any kind of database or mirrored at any other location without the express written permission of ConnectFutures. Any unauthorized use of any material contained on this website may violate copyright laws and subject the violator to legal judgement and penalties.