Youth Defense Practice

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Credible Messenger Programs in NYC

For information about credible messenger programs in NYC, please see the list of resources below.

BRONX
SOS South Bronx-Mott Haven
www.facebook.com/SOSSouthBronx

SOS Morrisania
www.facebook.com/SOSSouthBronx

Release the Grip (RTG) at Urban Youth Alliance/Bronx Connect-East Concourse, Bronx
johnjayrec.nyc/2015/04/17/releasethegrip

Bronx Rises Against Gun Violence (BRAG) at Good Shepherd Services, Inc.-University Heights
www.goodshepherds.org

 

BROOKLYN
Operation H.O.O.D (Helping Our Own Develop) at Jewish Community Council of Greater Coney Island-Coney Island
www.jccgci.org/contact

Gangsta’s Making Astronomical Community Changes, Inc. (GMACC)-East Flatbush
www.gangstamackin.com

Brownsville in Violence Out at CAMBA
camba.org/programs/brownsville-in-violence-out

Man Up!, Inc.-East New York
www.manupinc.org

SOS Crown Heights
crownheights.org/sos

SOS Bedford Stuyvesant
crownheights.org/sos

 

MANHATTAN
Stand Against Violence East Harlem (SAVEH) at Getting Out Staying Out –East Harlem
www.gosonyc.org

Speak Peace Forward at Street Corner Resources-Central Harlem
scrnyc1.org

 

QUEENS
Rock Safe Streets at Sheltering Arms-Far Rockaway, Queens
shelteringarmsny.org/rock-safe-streets

Life Camp, Inc.– Southeast Queens
peaceisalifestyle.com

696 Build Queensbridge at Jacob Riis Housing Settlement-Queensbridge
www.riissettlement.org

 

STATEN ISLAND
True 2 Life at Central Family Life Center- North Shore
centralfamilylifecenter.org/true-2-life