1a.) Over the course of the meeting, I understood that to truly combat violent crime and identify mental illness is to start by focusing on future generations-by improving communities and education about violence from a young age. Whenever I thought about solutions before, I didn't really take into account the importance of today's youth in moving forward with our current issues.
1b.) I enjoyed listening to Mr. Tweety Hebert speak about the BRAVE program. I was very interested to hear that local groups, law enforcement, and social services could come together in such a great way. He inspired me by saying that no matter your social class or geographic location, we are all impacted by crime in our community; Therefore, it needs to be stopped.
1c.)I had never heard about BRAVE before, so I was impressed that the group had successfully made a coalition of different areas of our community to combat our crime. It was evident that the group had already accomplished so much by working together; I look forward to see what the BRAVE program will do in the future.
1d.) Not only was the meeting informative about the problems we face in our community and the possible solutions to those problems, but the public meeting taught me about collaborating in a professional way. The environment of the Roots of Violent Crime in Our Community assembly was extremely respective all who spoke and attentive in listening to what others had to say. I am impressed by the efforts shown to improve the capital area and encouragement of the people's opinions and concerns on the matter.
You made some really good points. I especially agree with what you said about also focusing on the education of violence on today's youth. I didn't note the coalition in my response, but I agree that it is a key component in the success of the BRAVE project.
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