{"id":89619,"date":"2020-04-27T09:00:12","date_gmt":"2020-04-27T14:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=89619"},"modified":"2020-04-28T13:17:44","modified_gmt":"2020-04-28T18:17:44","slug":"in-build-chicago-youth-find-an-alternative-to-gang-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/in-build-chicago-youth-find-an-alternative-to-gang-violence\/","title":{"rendered":"In BUILD,\u00a0Chicago youth find an alternative to gang violence\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Shreya Bansal<\/strong>
\nMedill Reports<\/em><\/p>\n

CHICAGO \u2014 It\u2019s the day before Thanksgiving and a group of young and old men have come out to play football as a part of their \u201cturkey bowl.\u201d When a police car passes by, the officers wave and smile at the players. One of the older men waves back and shouts, \u201cBlow the siren as if you mean it!\u201d and the cops honk and blow their siren prompting howls and cheers from football players.<\/p>\n

These players are members of BUILD, an organization that works with youth who have had experiences with the criminal justice system in some of Chicago\u2019s most challenging neighborhoods. The main aim of the organization, which turned 50 earlier this year, is to introduce kids in neighborhoods including Austin, East Garfield Park, Humboldt Park, Hermosa\/Logan Square, and Fuller Park, to a world without violence, one without guns and help them see a future for themselves. BUILD, by its own count, has helped 2,553 youth, mediated 152 gang conflicts and maintained a 97% promotion rate for its high school students.<\/p>\n

For some of these young people, BUILD \u2014 which stands for Broader Urban Involvement & Leadership Development \u2014 is a family that may have been missing in their personal lives and, for others, simply a platform to direct effort into something creative. While many also see it as an escape from personal difficulties, it can also be a way for crime suspects to complete mandatory community service.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey come every day and are consistent to show they are willing to engage and do whatever it is to get to where they have to be. They are looking for the knowledge, they are looking for love,\u201d said Devon Tims, 31, a mentor and intervention specialist. Tims describes his job this way: \u201cMy role is to help these guys take the second step in life. If it\u2019s school, education or work, my objective is to help these guys transition.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Apart from the intervention program, BUILD also works toward the education, physical and mental wellness, enrichment and prevention of its participants.(Shreya Bansal\/MEDILL)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Each of these kids shows up every day at 3:30 p.m. sharp at BUILD\u2019s headquarters, located at 5100 West Harrison St.
\n\u201cI am changing as a person. I have been through a lot of stuff, this is a good place for me to go to instead of being on the streets. My mother doesn\u2019t have to worry every time I leave the house, they know I am here,\u201d said Darius Richmond, 16, who works with Tims as part of the intervention program.\u00a0He said, \u201cThis is like a second home.\u201d<\/p>\n

Another participant, Christopher Johnson, 16, said he comes to BUILD because of the practice of \u201cpeace circles,\u201d where the group sits together in a circle to express their feelings. \u201cYou [are] expressing yourself, you speak your mind and people listen. It is like stress releasing, nobody can tell you yes or no, right or wrong.\u201d
\nBUILD gets most of its funding through government or foundation grants and individual donations. Around 80% of the organization\u2019s funding is dedicated toward an array of programs that directly impact the lives of its young people.<\/p>\n

One of the major initiatives is to encourage the young people to trust the justice system and police. Youth mentors accompany kids and advocate for them in the courts, Tims said. \u201cWhen the judge sees the effort these guys put in at BUILD to improve, they usually give them a second chance,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The police department, through its Chicago Alternative Policing Strategy, or CAPS, has time and again tried to build stronger community relations and problem-solving mechanisms within the neighborhoods, with a special focus on youth. \u201cIf you don\u2019t have community trust you have nothing,\u201d said Deputy Chief Dwayne Betts, head of community relations at CPD. \u201cWe find more ways to engage with the youth because the youth has a strong reason to doubt the police because of their history and experience.\u201d<\/p>\n

But the department has a weak history of maintaining positive relationships with neighborhoods \u2014 particularly neighborhoods where people of color are a majority. The divide only widened amid news of police torture directed by former officer Jon Burge in the 1980s and the shooting of teenager Laquan McDonald in 2019 by officer Jason Van Dyke, who was convicted of murder.<\/p>\n

To this day, many young people in Chicago remain skeptical of the police.<\/p>\n

\u201cTheir slogan shouldn\u2019t be, \u2018To protect and serve.\u2019 They are not really doing any protecting or serving. \u2018Sit and let things happen\u2019 should be their new slogan,\u201d said 16-year-old Chase Ervin.<\/p>\n

Johnson added that, in his view, \u201cThe police are just there to see if you\u2019re doing something wrong. They are there to protect and serve if you\u2019re doing something wrong, they are here to dial down the violence.\u201d<\/p>\n

These young men said they not only want to create the right path for themselves, but also want to give back to the communities they come from. For Ervin, who joined BUILD five years ago, it is a platform to pursue his dreams as a chef and rapper.<\/p>\n

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BUILD has helped over 2,500 young individuals complete school and shape their lives. (Shreya Bansal\/MEDILL)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cI want to go to a college where I can double-major in culinary and business, he said. “I also want to help [those] who can\u2019t get access to food. I\u2019m not in it for the money. Think about communities that have to travel miles just to get food every day.\u201d<\/p>\n

As a rapper, Chase also wants to spread the word about how violence affects his community and wants to put out \u201cstuff that doesn\u2019t go on the news because the news is biased.\u201d<\/p>\n

The mentors working with BUILD are themselves people from the community who once, like their students, needed help \u201cgetting off the streets.\u201d Some of the mentors have spent as many as 20 years in prison and have their own experience of dealing with the justice system. \u201cI have to show these guys that what I do has no monetary value, it\u2019s all passion. I was once who they are and who they were,\u201d said Devon \u201cI express some of confidential things to them, engage with them. It\u2019s like saying, I trust you all with this information and then, they open up, too.\u201d<\/p>\n

Devon continued, \u201cOne thing I always tell my youth is, at the end of the day google the statistics of accidents that happen in your community and think about if you could\u2019ve been the victim of that situation and how you dodged it, and how you saved your own life just by being here.\u201d<\/p>\n

For the mentors and young people alike, BUILD is a way of channeling the after-effects of violence in the communities they come from. By participating, they escape the reality of the streets.
\n\u201cIn my area there is a lot of gang violence. I have seen a lot of things happen over there and I am glad we chose a different route,\u201d said Johnson. \u201cI have seen people get shot down on the street, I\u2019m just glad I wasn\u2019t the one getting hit by a bullet.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Photo at top: BUILD holds a football match, called \u201cTurkey Bowl,\u201d around Thanksgiving to build trust between the mentors and students. (Shreya Bansal\/MEDILL)\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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