Whose neighborhood

Gang injunctions; solution or political theatre
The city of San Francisco is known all over the world for its natural beauty, gourmet restaurants, and booming nightlife. When people think about San Francisco, they don’t often think about gang violence. But that’s just what’s been plaguing the city’s mission district for many years.

On this edition, Making Contact intern Joaquin Palomino spoke to former gang members, and other mission residents, about gang injunctions, a controversial legal strategy that’s divided the community. Some call it a solution, but many believe it’s an ineffective measure that does more damage than good.

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Featuring::


Renee Quinonez, Homies Organizing the Mission to Empower Youth (H.O.M.E.Y.) executive director; Renee Saucedo, La Raza Centro Legal community activist and lawyer; Dennis Herrera, San Francisco City Attorney; Nancy Hernandez, H.O.M.E.Y. youth mentor; Francisco, Mission resident and artist; Ruben Palomares, Conscious Youth Media Collective student; Mike Trigger, H.O.M.E.Y. artist.

Executive Producer/Host: Tena Rubio
Contributing Intern Producer: Joaquin Palomino
Producer: Andrew Stelzer
Associate Producer: Puck Lo
Interns: Samson Reiny and Elena Botkin-Levy
Executive Director: Lisa Rudman

This program was produced as part of National Radio Project’s internship program. Go to our homepage and click on “Get Involved” to learn more about it.

For more information::
Homies Organizing the Mission to Empower Youth
1337 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
415-861-1600
http://www.homeysf.org/

La Raza Centro Legal
474 Valencia Street, Suite 295
San Francisco, CA 94103
415-575-3500
http://www.lrcl.org/

PODER
474 Valencia Street #125
San Francisco, CA 94103
415-431-4210
http://www.podersf.org/

Conscious Youth Media Crew
1337 Mission Street, 3rd Floor
San Francisco, CA 94103
415-250-5552
cymc2000@yahoo.com
http://www.consciousyouthmediacrew.org/

Homeboy Industries
130 West Bruno Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012
323-526-1257
info@homeboy-industries.org
http://www.homeboy-industries.org/

Music:

Lady Tragik: Release my Pain
Native Guns: Hammer
People Under the Stairs: San Francisco Knights