CAMDEN – NFL Hall of Famer Jim Brown and Attorney General Peter Harvey will participate in the Gangland Security Task Force meeting at 6 PM this evening at the Rutgers University Campus - Gordan Theater/Stedman Gallery & Fine Arts Center - located at 314 Linden Street (off 3rd Street) in Camden. The public hearing on gang violence is designed to obtain information about the scope of gang activity, develop strategies to combat gangs and educate community members about discouraging young people from joining gangs. Law enforcement and education officials will participate.

In 1988, Jim Brown created the Amer-I-Can program, an effort to turn around gang members from being destructive, to productive members of society. Today, Amer-I-Can is successfully operating in 12 U.S. cities and promoting a skills curriculum that is designed to teach inmates how to empower themselves through positive self-esteem and self-determination.

Attorney General Harvey chairs the Gangland Security Task Force. Simultaneous hearings will take place in Newark, at the Rutgers University, Newark Campus - located at 123 Washington Street - and in Trenton, at the Thomas Edison College, Foundation Hall - located at 101 E. State Street from 6 - 8 PM.

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