MURDER RATE: WHEN CHAINS TALK
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 out of their comfort zones” and reach out to youths who seem unreachable.
- Adopt schools and provide mentoring, tutoring and motivational speaking.
- Work with schools to provide free counseling sessions for children who chronically misbehave.
- Host intergenerational activities in neighborhoods.
- Alert police about community drug houses and crime hot spots.
- Talk to men about the importance and responsibility of being a father.
- Expose to youth the fallacies of a “gangster” culture that glorifies violence, drugs and random sex while downplaying consequences.
- Lobby politicians to maintain or boost funding for truancy prevention and other programs for at-risk youth.
Burney’s book offers valuable insights on how our community can make progress on a serious problem.
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Betty Seabrook Burney represents District 5 and joined the Duval County School Board in November 2004. She is a Raines High School graduate, holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Miami and a Master of Arts in Public Administration from Northern Illinois University. Currently, Ms. Burney is an education consultant for TPG, Inc., and Seabrook and Associates. She is a member of the NAACP Education Committee, Wayman Chapel AME Church and Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. 
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