At Risk Movement

At Risk Movement

At Risk Movement consists of Community Messengers that develop high risk communities. Community Messengers negotiate peace, facilitate Dispute Solution Methods, and mentor young adults affected by the justice system.

The At Risk Movement develops curriculum for ATI programs and training for staff who engage high risk participants.

The At Risk Movement reduces harm and violence in high risk communities, empower residents with dispute solution skills, coordinate holistic community healing groups, assist community members in employment/career development, referral, and placement.

Community Messengers are individuals who were once part of the problem, but now are a vital part of the solution.

Credible Messenger Central is the media platform for the At Risk Movement.

Congratulations!

The Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice has awarded

The At Risk Movement the Safe in the City Grant 2022!

Credible Messenger Series on “How to engage High Risk Participants.”

Samples of the Safe in the City Series can be found in the Workshop Tab (above) for

“NYC Train Shooting Leads to Stop & Frisk.”

Eric Adams Mayor NYC

At Risk Movement Mission Statement

The At Risk Movement mission is to stop violence and early deaths of low income young men from struggling families. To redirect high risk young adults from engaging in street culture. To introduce new opportunities in jobs, careers, education, and business development etc. within the high risk minority community.

The At Risk Movement purpose is to save Youth who are at risk of being a statistic. We offer mentoring services for court involved youth or youth who live in struggling communities. The purpose of the At Risk Movement is to reduce the rising levels of violence in the High Risk Community.

According to NYC.Gov

  •   In 2020 arrests for the month of November are up 112.3% (484 vs 228), driving a 22.2% increase in city wide gun arrests (3,793 vs 3,104) compared with the same period a year ago.

  •   For November there was a 112.5% (115 vs 51) increase in shootings city wide. And shootings have risen 95.8% (1,412 vs 721) through the first 11 months of 2020, compared with the same period last year.

  •   Homicides have also risen both for the month and the year. November saw 28 people murdered in the five boroughs, five more than were killed last November. So far in 2020, there has been a 38.4% (422 vs 305) in the number of victims murdered in NYC compared to last year.

    How does the At Risk Movement change this trajectory?
    Culture Shifting.     The definition of Culture in this sense is: the customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits of a racial, religious, or social group. We are shifting the culture from intolerance to empathy. Shifting our neighborhood cultures away from violence into a culture of Building.
    Building empathy. These young men and women are being violent in their neighborhoods because they perceive their adversaries as “others.” Our trainings assist our youth on methods to empathize with people who come from similar neighborhoods, similar experiences, and similar socioeconomic conditions.

    Developing Community Stakeholders. Train returning citizens how to become Community Messengers, provide them with the skills and tools to mentor youth or assist adults with training and career development. This empowers residents with tools to deescalate street conflict, and shapes a pathway for court involved youth or returning citizens to positively contribute to society.

    Reduce the spread of violence. Interrupt the cycle of violence within minority communities and high risk areas within the city. Hot spots in the city that perpetuate violence become war zones for the everyday residents. Our goals are to foster relationships with the individuals in the community who are active in the streets and utilize these relationships to deescalate violence.

    The At Risk Movement is a service for organizations or programs with clients from the high risk community. We connect court involved individuals with Community Messenger Mentors. Our service provides to multiple groups including adolescents, young adults from the high risk community, court involved, on probation or parole, and the formerly incarcerated. We assist with mentoring and life skill building lessons, group facilitation, trainings, workshops, content development, career development, entrepreneur development, and presentations from individuals that have lived relative life experiences. As a Community Messenger service our goal is to ultimately change the direction of the at risk community.

At Risk Movement Mission Statement Draft 2021 © G.S. Brooks