Coalition Recommendations

Pasadena’s Coalition for a Non-Violent City, formed in response to the slayings of three teen-agers last year, has divided itself into six separate task forces. Each is working to take concrete steps toward the following goals:

Gang, Street and School Violence

* Get more adults on campuses through the Pasadena Unified School District’s volunteer program.

* Work with the school district to train students, faculty, staff and parents in conflict resolution.

* Meet with gang members to understand and discuss their needs for job training and employment.

* Help agencies set up training in peer conflict resolution.

Gun Violence

* Introduce to the City Council an ordinance requiring any person who buys ammunition to fill out a registration form.

* Devise a public information campaign, including radio and billboards, to show the role of guns in suicide, domestic violence, accidents and crime.

* Create ongoing groups to lobby for gun control and initiate public observances after gun-related deaths occur in Pasadena.

Social, Economic and Workplace Violence

* Devise an electronic bulletin board to provide job and educational information.

* Help Foothill Family Services provide one-on-one field trips to Northwest Pasadena.

* Provide conflict-resolution training for small groups.

Substance Abuse

* Revive “Teen Posts,” youth recreation, counseling and tutoring centers.

* Hold a conference run by teens to find out what their problems are.

* Coordinate anti-drug and anti-alcohol programs with the Lions Quest Program run by the Lions Club.

* Counter beer advertising aimed specifically at African Americans.

Youth and Violence

* Sponsor a youth conference for Pasadena’s young people to set their own agenda for non-violence.

* Work with the school district to reinstate vocational training, such as metal and wood shop and auto mechanics classes.

* Devise an in-service training program for teachers run by students to inform them about the daily problems facing youth.

* Start an on-campus or Boy Scout mentoring program.

Family Violence

* Gather written materials, hot-line phone numbers and names of shelters, and find ways to get the information to those in need.

* Organize a speakers’ bureau on family violence.

* Post stickers on public phones with phone numbers of violence hot lines.