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Michelle Obama Heads To Chicago For Youth Gun Violence Discussion.....

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With gun and gang violence in Chicago reaching new heights, First Lady Michelle Obama has decided to return home to find answers.

According to the White House, Mrs. Obama is scheduled to lead a city-wide discussion on youth empowerment and combating violence in the Windy City at a luncheon on April 10th.

“First Lady Michelle Obama will return to her hometown to address local business and community leaders about providing more opportunities for young people to achieve their full potential,” the statement reads. Particpating leaders will include Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Allstate Corporation President Thomas J. Wilson and Loop Capital CEO James Reynolds, Jr.

Most recently, 6-month-old Jonylah Watkins was shot five times in the South Side neighborhood of Woodlawn. The attack happened while her father was changing her diaper in their minivan.....snip~

Michelle Obama Heads To Chicago For Youth Gun Violence Discussion | Celebrity News & Style for Black Women

Michelle Obama is going home. The First Lady will travel to Chicago next month to partake in a luncheon designed to address the city’s youth and gun violence. Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel organized the luncheon, titled “Working Together to Address Youth Violence in Chicago,” to build a coalition of leaders and civic organizations invested in finding solutions for the gun violence plaguing the city. Some of the expected attendees include civic organizations like World Business Chicago and the Economic Club as well as business leaders like Thomas J. Wilson, Chairman, President and CEO of the Allstate Corporation.

“Chicago’s businesses are partnering with social service professionals and community groups to make our neighborhoods safer for innocent children,” Wilson said in a press release from Emanuel’s office. “The current level of violence has been decades in the making and is unacceptable. It’s time to fix this the Chicago way, working together.”

The attendees will gauge possible solutions to curb gun violence, but according to DNAinfo Chicago, Obama and Emanuel are also gathering these influencers to raise $50 million to support Emanuel’s initiative to increase youth engagement.

Michelle Obama Heads to Chicago to Discuss Youth Gun Violence | Clutch Magazine


Looks Like the FLOTUS is going to get in on the Gun issue while addressing Youth Violence. Thoughts? Seems Obama wants a full scale assault to try and get some sort of victory out of his losing Gun Control Issue.
 
Gang violence in Chicago is a bit of a problem, isnt it? Or are you trying to imply there is some evil intent in her involvement?
With gun and gang violence in Chicago reaching new heights, First Lady Michelle Obama has decided to return home to find answers.

According to the White House, Mrs. Obama is scheduled to lead a city-wide discussion on youth empowerment and combating violence in the Windy City at a luncheon on April 10th.

“First Lady Michelle Obama will return to her hometown to address local business and community leaders about providing more opportunities for young people to achieve their full potential,” the statement reads. Particpating leaders will include Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Allstate Corporation President Thomas J. Wilson and Loop Capital CEO James Reynolds, Jr.

Most recently, 6-month-old Jonylah Watkins was shot five times in the South Side neighborhood of Woodlawn. The attack happened while her father was changing her diaper in their minivan.....snip~

Michelle Obama Heads To Chicago For Youth Gun Violence Discussion | Celebrity News & Style for Black Women

Michelle Obama is going home. The First Lady will travel to Chicago next month to partake in a luncheon designed to address the city’s youth and gun violence. Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel organized the luncheon, titled “Working Together to Address Youth Violence in Chicago,” to build a coalition of leaders and civic organizations invested in finding solutions for the gun violence plaguing the city. Some of the expected attendees include civic organizations like World Business Chicago and the Economic Club as well as business leaders like Thomas J. Wilson, Chairman, President and CEO of the Allstate Corporation.

“Chicago’s businesses are partnering with social service professionals and community groups to make our neighborhoods safer for innocent children,” Wilson said in a press release from Emanuel’s office. “The current level of violence has been decades in the making and is unacceptable. It’s time to fix this the Chicago way, working together.”

The attendees will gauge possible solutions to curb gun violence, but according to DNAinfo Chicago, Obama and Emanuel are also gathering these influencers to raise $50 million to support Emanuel’s initiative to increase youth engagement.

Michelle Obama Heads to Chicago to Discuss Youth Gun Violence | Clutch Magazine


Looks Like the FLOTUS is going to get in on the Gun issue while addressing Youth Violence. Thoughts? Seems Obama wants a full scale assault to try and get some sort of victory out of his losing Gun Control Issue.
 
While these "programs" always talk of youth jobs they rarely deliver them. Most are simply "activity programs" to lessen the boredom of life in the hood targetted at those minority males below 18 years of age and to expose them to men with jobs. If the $1,100 annual per person cost of B.A.M. reduces violent crime by 44% then it is definitely cost effective, yet is limitted to those that stay in school. I have not been able to find any cost/benefit analysis for the Windy City Hoops program.

Some of the initiatives Emanuel, Obama and Wilson are interested in funding is Windy City Hoops, a year-round basketball league aimed at engaging at-risk young adults, and Becoming A Man, a program sponsored by the Youth Guidance organization. Chicago has already invested $4.5 million in these programs because they reduce failing grades and arrests, increase graduate rates and keep youth from joining gangs according to Emanuel’s office. Becoming A Man boasts a 10 percent in graduation rates and a 44 percent decrease in violent crime arrests.

Youth Guidance B.A.M. - Becoming A Man - Youth Guidance
 
Gang violence in Chicago is a bit of a problem, isnt it? Or are you trying to imply there is some evil intent in her involvement?

I would say it is.....although I don't see that I am Implying anything other than the FLOTUS is getting in on the gun theme, while addressing youth violence.

Were you thinking that all youth violence is associated with or to gang activity?
 
I would think most youth violence in Chicago was gang related. I thought you were trying to imply there was some sinister motivation for her, like to take our guns or something.
I would say it is.....although I don't see that I am Implying anything other than the FLOTUS is getting in on the gun theme, while addressing youth violence.

Were you thinking that all youth violence is associated with or to gang activity?
 
While these "programs" always talk of youth jobs they rarely deliver them. Most are simply "activity programs" to lessen the boredom of life in the hood targetted at those minority males below 18 years of age and to expose them to men with jobs. If the $1,100 annual per person cost of B.A.M. reduces violent crime by 44% then it is definitely cost effective, yet is limitted to those that stay in school. I have not been able to find any cost/benefit analysis for the Windy City Hoops program.



Youth Guidance B.A.M. - Becoming A Man - Youth Guidance

One I heard Emanuel talking about was increasing the Mentors.....although MO did tell people last time that it starts with the parents.

But Park Services aren't like they use to be with programs for kids either. Although Emanuel wants to come up with more events with volunteering in helping to clean up neighborhoods.
 
I would think most youth violence in Chicago was gang related. I thought you were trying to imply there was some sinister motivation for her, like to take our guns or something.

Well they have a lot of talk going on with bullying and the likes. Which I am sure a lot of that is gang related. But not so much with the littler kids. As to the FLOTUS this will mark the first time she is really saying something about guns before the camera. When she does make the remarks. Although I am sure you can see the Political Strategy with her going in this direction. While Obama heads off on his, at the same time.
 
At least she is trying to address the causes of violence rather than just the tools used. Helping kids make productive and fullfilling use of their time can only help.
 
Someone should ask her what she thinks about all those men with guns guarding her daughters are actually doing? Don't they know guns are dangerous around children?
 
Someone should ask her what she thinks about all those men with guns guarding her daughters are actually doing? Don't they know guns are dangerous around children?

A bit of a strawman, there. I bet even the most ardent antigun people would take serious issue with allowing people to own guns if they underwent the criminal background screening, mental health screening, and weapons qualification training that Secret Service agents are required to undergo.
 
A bit of a strawman, there. I bet even the most ardent antigun people would take serious issue with allowing people to own guns if they underwent the criminal background screening, mental health screening, and weapons qualification training that Secret Service agents are required to undergo.

I bet you don't make many bets.
 
At least she is trying to address the causes of violence rather than just the tools used. Helping kids make productive and fullfilling use of their time can only help.

Well she may be doing some of that but make no mistake any talks about guns and gun safety issues.....would be tied into her OM's agenda.
 
So taking this money and looking to come up with afterschool activities.....Works how?

Playing basketball after school, setting up 3 on 3, and re-opening the Midnight Basketball......50 Million. Think that money can be used elsewhere to fight the same problem?
 
Funny, while she goes to discuss taking guns away, she and her children are surrounded by men/women with guns who protect them. Guns are apparently evil to the Obamas unless of course they are being used to protect the Obamas.

The source of the problem in these areas is not a mystery. If the parents want to know how it comes to be and the causes of it, they should look in a mirror instead of looking to get rid of guns.

These areas have a lot in common no matter what state they are in.

They are all Overwhelmingly:

Liberal socialist.

Entitlement attitudes instead of self-empowering attitudes that take advantage of opportunities.

Government reliant instead of self-reliant.

Always wants to know why someone doesn't do something but never realize that when they look in a mirror, there is someone looking back at them from the mirror who can do something.

Composed of minority groups that are uncooperative with police because too many of "X" race go to prison instead of college. I guess they find it comforting that their young children are dying just so another member of race "X" doesn't die by another races hands or go to prison.

Are anti-gun. Instead of arming and training themselves, banding together and fighting back, they want an impossibility to occur.

It is no mystery to some of us that it is a growing problem. As more people embrace the Liberal's socialist mindset and enslave themselves instead of empowering themselves, the problem grows and spreads. It's not "rocket surgery" that the two go hand-in-hand.
 
Well, she was looking for Emotional appeal while drumming up the money and some way to help Emanuel. Trying to Identify herself and this little girl being the same is off the mark too. Also She said the Community raised her. Which is a crock of ****!
 
I don't think it matters much where she goes or what she says. The conservatives will have a complaint.
 
Gang violence in Chicago is a bit of a problem, isnt it? Or are you trying to imply there is some evil intent in her involvement?

Of course...she could push a child out of the way of oncoming traffic and she was just hamming it up for reporters in order to win popular support to push through her husbands socialist agenda.
 
Someone should ask her what she thinks about all those men with guns guarding her daughters are actually doing? Don't they know guns are dangerous around children?

Some people miss the point so hard that they're in the wrong time zone.
 
Funny, while she goes to discuss taking guns away, she and her children are surrounded by men/women with guns who protect them. Guns are apparently evil to the Obamas unless of course they are being used to protect the Obamas.

The source of the problem in these areas is not a mystery. If the parents want to know how it comes to be and the causes of it, they should look in a mirror instead of looking to get rid of guns.

These areas have a lot in common no matter what state they are in.

They are all Overwhelmingly:

Liberal socialist.

Entitlement attitudes instead of self-empowering attitudes that take advantage of opportunities.

Government reliant instead of self-reliant.

Always wants to know why someone doesn't do something but never realize that when they look in a mirror, there is someone looking back at them from the mirror who can do something.

Composed of minority groups that are uncooperative with police because too many of "X" race go to prison instead of college. I guess they find it comforting that their young children are dying just so another member of race "X" doesn't die by another races hands or go to prison.

Are anti-gun. Instead of arming and training themselves, banding together and fighting back, they want an impossibility to occur.

It is no mystery to some of us that it is a growing problem. As more people embrace the Liberal's socialist mindset and enslave themselves instead of empowering themselves, the problem grows and spreads. It's not "rocket surgery" that the two go hand-in-hand.

Thanks for the right-wing boilerplate. Feel free to actually comment on youth violence some day.

Arm themselves and fight back? The solution to violence isn't more violence. She's trying to discuss the causes of violence. And she's right, the circumstances these kids grow up in make it very, very hard to grow up safe and healthy. You can rant and rave about "personal responsibility" and "empowering," but I have another term for what you're doing: plugging your ears and hoping the problem goes away. People grow up in a society, and it takes a society to solve major problems like this. You know what you just interpreted that to mean? "See, libruls want the government to do everything for us!" Sure buddy. Go back to listening to Limbaugh.
 
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I would say it is.....although I don't see that I am Implying anything other than the FLOTUS is getting in on the gun theme, while addressing youth violence.

Were you thinking that all youth violence is associated with or to gang activity?

You are implying that it is a losing battle.
 
Michelle Obama Compares Herself to Murdered Teenager in Chicago Speech.....

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Yesterday the First Lady gave a speech in Chicago about guns, obviously her forte. In the speech she compared herself to Hadiya Pendleton who was shot just a week after performing at the inauguration. Mrs. Obama said, “Hadiya Pendleton was me, and I was her”.

"And as I visited with the Pendleton family at Hadiya’s funeral, I couldn’t get over how familiar they felt to me. Because what I realized was Hadiya’s family was just like my family. Hadiya Pendleton was me, and I was her. But I got to grow up, and go to Princeton and Harvard Law School, and have a career and a family and the most blessed life I could ever imagine.....snip~

Michelle Obama Compares Herself to Murdered Teenager in Chicago Speech - Heather Ginsberg
 
You are implying that it is a losing battle.

Well, that was already established before the FLOTUS decided to speak on it. Even before she thought of going to Chicago.
 
Well, that was already established before the FLOTUS decided to speak on it. Even before she thought of going to Chicago.

Don't count your chickens before they are hatched. I think there will be some kind of a deal on gun control.
 
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