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Give Youth a Second Chance

http://www.connectionnewspapers.com/article.asp?archive=true&article=57804&paper=60&cat=104

Montgomery Council Seeks Advise on Gangs

http://www.thesentinel.com/print/301968395001416.php

Barrios Unidos - Best of Reston - 7th in Series

http://www.timescommunity.com/site/index.cfm?newsid=3866680&BRD=2553&PAG=461&dept_id=576934&rfi=8

Former Gang Member Plants Seeds

http://www.zwire.com/site/tab1.cfm?newsid=10673078&BRD=2553&PAG=461&dept_id=506035&rfi=6

Helping Teens Through Barrios Unidos

http://archive.observernews.com/stories/archives/reston/2002reston/041902/pacheo.shtml

Barrios Unidos worker critiques gang policies

http://www.zwire.com/site/tab5.cfm?newsid=12334527&BRD=2553&PAG=461&dept_id=506096&rfi=6

Grassroots anti-gang efforts get under way

http://www.examiner.com/a-86066~Grassroots_anti_gang_efforts_get_under_way.html

Voice for Parents Fairfax High School organization brings together Hispanic parents.

http://www.connectionnewspapers.com/article.asp?article=62673&cat=104

Youth take initiative for bringing peace to their community

http://www.timescommunity.com/site/tab5.cfm?newsid=14735629&BRD=2553&PAG=461&dept_id=506096&rfi=6

Youth Group Evaluates Teen Programs

http://www.timescommunity.com/site/tab5.cfm?newsid=15371807&BRD=2553&PAG=461&dept_id=506096&rfi=6

Youth Workers Help Recommend Gang Prevention Measures (on page 4)

http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/retbrd/courier09-02-05.pdf

Barrios Unidos Community Education

http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/braddock/Gangsum2.pdf

N.Va. Sheriffs Outline Anti-Gang Strategies: Youth Programs Called Key to Prevention

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/18/AR2005051800112_pf.html

NCLR: Peace Signs

http://www.nclr.org/section/ljjn/peace_signs/

Schools, Latino Leaders Disagree on Dropouts: More than 1,000 Latino students dropped out from Fairfax County schools last year

http://www.connectionnewspapers.com/article.asp?archive=true&article=47737&paper=81&cat=109

Joining Immigration Dragnets Erodes Local Cops' Anti-Crime Efforts

http://www.americas.org/item_24089

Groups Speak Out against ICE Initiative Operation Community Shield and Similar Programs

http://www.nationalimmigrationproject.org/community_shield_press_release.pdf

What’s Important in the Juvenile Justice System: One Survivor’s Story: Juan Pacheco, Barrios Unidos/United Neighborhoods of

Northern Virginia

http://www.dcjs.virginia.gov/trainingEvents/jjdp/2004agenda.pdf

Barrios Unidos Reached More Than 2000 Youth at Annual Conflict Resolution Conference

http://www.fcps.k12.va.us/mediapub/pressrel/021304c.htm

http://gazette.gmu.edu/articles/5405/

Commencement 2006: Hard Work and Memories for 6,803 Students

http://gazette.gmu.edu/articles/8405/

Efforts to Coordinate Gang Prevention Underway

http://www.wtopnews.com/index.php?nid=25&sid=430455

After-school programs limited by cost, awareness

http://www.zwire.com/site/tab5.cfm?newsid=11131957&BRD=2553&PAG=461&dept_id=506096&rfi=6

For More Information Contact:

Barrios Unidos - Virginia Chapter
P.O. Box 208, Herndon, VA 20172-0208
Tel: 703-401-2265
FAX: NA
Internet: juan.pacheco@usa.net

 

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