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Gangs (1991)

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About this film

Live from Garfield Park - a town meeting style episode of Chicago Matters as described above. Host John Callaway calls on audience members including: Pat [Ruskie] lives in Rogers Park,is president of the Rogers Park Community Council, and director of the Uptown Chicago Commission; Judy Contreras, the Cicero chapter of president Of Mothers Against Gangs; Rudolph Harper. I'm Executive Director of Organization for the neighborhood group New City; Martha Palmer,a college educator who representes 500 Black Men and Women; Hal Baskin from the Englewood Community Peace Initiative; Police Sergeant [Lauro] from the 14th district; Robbie [Djakwedie] who works with gangs in Henry Horner Homes; Anti-gang rapper [Dwayne Sip], aka D-Love; Northside resident Elliot May; Maryanne Alexander, Northwest Council member; Reverend John R. Porter, Christ's Methodist Church, Inglewood; Jack O'Malley, Cook County State's Attorney; Dennis Drummer, a member of the Evanston organization Council of Elders, better known as Co-Pops and Co-Moms; 11-year-old student Rayshanda Young; 9-year-old LaJoy; Frances Sandoval, founder of Mothers Against Gangs; Patrick O'Malley, a trustee of the Chicago Teachers Union and ch…

Directors & creators

WTTW (Television station : Chicago, Ill.)

Subjects

public broadcasting, AAPB, Chicago Matters, Gangs, John Callaway, Pat Ruskie, Judy Contreras, Mothers Against Gangs, Rudolph Harper, Martha Palmer, 500 Black Men and Women, Hal Baskin, Englewood Community Peace Initiative, Frances Sandoval, Jack O'Malley, Christ's Methodist Church, Chicago Teachers Union, Batterers Anonymous Program

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