PHILADELPHIA GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION MENTORING INITIATIVE DESIGNED BY LIFERS, Inc. MARKS LAUNCH WITH BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS MENTOR TRAINING AS IT CAPTURES ATTENTION OF 2020 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS

LIFERS INCORPORATED\

Long Incarcerated Fraternity Engaging Release Studies

SCI-Phoenix

P R E S S  R E L E A S E

For Immediate Release

CONTACT:

Diane A. Sears

Project Leader, Middle Neighborhoods At-Risk Youths And Young Adults Mentoring Program,

       A LIFERS, Inc. – Public Safety Initiative External Affiliation

267-581-3963

E-Mail: insearchoffatherhood@gmail.com

          PHILADELPHIA, PA (USA) – 21 February 2020 –   Designed by LIFERS, Inc., an inside-out Criminal Justice Reform Think Tank at SCI Phoenix in Collegeville, the “Middle Neighborhoods At-Risk Youth And Young Adults Mentoring Program, A Branch Of LIFERS, Inc – Public Safety Initiative External Affiliations” marks the launch of its twelve (12) week program with a Mentor Training session on Saturday, 22 February 2020 which will be administered by Big Brothers Big Sisters’ Mentor Independence Region beginning at 10:00 A.M. (E.D.T.) at Zion Hill Baptist Church at 5301 Spruce Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The LIFERS, Inc.’s Public Safety Initiative Mentor Training Program will also be presented to prospective mentors and key stakeholders attending the Mentor Training sessions. Approved and funded by the City of Philadelphia (https://mailchi.mp/ phila.gov/city-awardsmore-than-700000-to-grassroots-efforts-to-stem-gun-violence-309345?e= 0dfdda1bd3), the gun violence prevention mentoring program will be administered on Saturdays from 10:00 A.M. (E.D.T.) through 2:00 P.M. beginning on Saturday, 29 February 2020 and ending on Saturday, 16 May 2020.  Mentees for the gun violence prevention mentoring initiative will be selected from William L. Sayre High School which is located at 58^th and Walnut Streets in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

         The gun violence prevention mentoring initiative, which offers a problem-learning based curriculum and a psychoeducational session that is structured to positively transform the mindset,  decision making, and behavior of at-risk youths,  has captured the attention of the National Policy Directors of the Presidential Campaigns for former South Bend, Indiana Mayor The Honorable Peter Paul Montgomery Buttigieg and United States Senator The Honorable Amy Klobuchar.  On Monday, 17 February 2020, the Buttigieg Presidential Campaign became the first United States 2020 Presidential Campaign to convene a solutions-based Criminal Justice Reform conference call with members of LIFERS, Inc. who designed the twelve (12) week gun violence prevention mentoring initiative which the Buttigieg Presidential Campaign will monitor. 

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