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Published Thursday, April 27, 2006 – (view excerpt below)
Here are some of Burney’s suggestions on what can be done for youth to help reduce violence that leads to murder:
Encourage the faith community to “get...
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Published Monday, December 18, 2006
The hard life lessons of youth offenders can have an invaluable impact on teens.
That’s why Duval County School Board member Betty Burney’s book, If These Chains Could Talk, is such...
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Published Sunday, May 20, 2007
This city needs every mentoring program it can get, especially programs that can be expected to directly affect Jacksonville’s high murder rate.
That is why state Sen. Tony Hill and School Board...
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Community leaders gathered Tuesday on the spot where a 13-year-old boy was shot walking home from a high school football game last month. They met to unveil a new book aimed at stopping such violence. “If...
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WJXT Editorial by John Rafferty, Aired December 8, 2006
It is time for some Thumbs Up and some Thumbs Down.Thumbs Down to the crooks who are stealing holiday decorations. Talk about modern day grinches…get a life. But Thumbs Up...
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If These Chains Could Talk was nominated the book of the month at several middle and high schools throughout the United States.
There are two separate curricula that is customized for different age groups. One for middle school students...
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This series introduces young people to the incarceration systems of North America and the world. The real-life experiences of prison employees, inmates, and inmates’ families are sensitively presented to educate readers about...
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Article written by the Florida Star
This year’s Matthew W. Gilbert Grand Reunion was again an outstandingly fabulous affair. Held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, the Grand Reunion is more like a family reunion than a school reunion....
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Betty’s book is the hottest read in our classroom libraries. If These Chains Could Talk is real and relevant to the students served by the STRIVE program, an intensive reading course for high school students. The stories are thought...
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Good morning Mrs. Burney,
I am Andrea Ashby, (Wilma & Alfred Austin’s daughter). I, along with Patricia Mays, am working with the Student Option for Success Program (S.O.S.) at Raines High School. We meet in the evenings...