Brother Carl Hardrick: Violence prevention starts with meeting basic needs
Brother Carl Hardrick has been a leader in violence prevention in Hartford for decades. Now there is an Institute for Violence Prevention and Community Engagement in his name.
This hour, we sit down with Hardrick to reflect on his impact and his hopes for the Institute.
"Interrupters" and "interveners" will train to take local action, working with youth and families and mediating conflict.
"We're looking for, how do you stop violence? How do you stop a young person from killing another? Somebody knows. So what we need is engagers, young people in the street, contacting other young people," he…
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