Council for Unity

         Council for Unity

Riverhead Chapter -
                                   Helping young people make a pledge for a violent free life.

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History of C.F.U.

Council for Unity, a national non-profit organization founded in 1975, has a history of successfully promoting inter-group relations and reducing violence in schools and communities. By implementing school-based and after-school programs in leadership development, mentoring, career, college guidance and gang prevention, the Council fulfills its' mission of empowering individuals and groups with the skills necessary to promote unity, safety and achievement.

Partnerships

Partnerships and collaborations with the following organizations have further enhanced Council for Unity's services through:

The National Boys and Girls Clubs of America
Our partnership with Boys and Girls Clubs working with children in gangs began as a pilot project in 2000. In Boys and Girls Clubs across the United States , with members of some of the country's most notorious gangs leaving their violent lives for school, jobs - a future. Through this joint effort, a Best Practices manual was developed to set-up a gang intervention/prevention program in their respective club using the Council for Unity model. You may download a copy of this report.

NYC Police Department
The Council joined forces with the NYC Police Department early in 2002 to achieve what some think impossible - Police officers and kids working to improve the quality of interaction between and among themselves - building better relationships and a stronger, unified city. In recent months the Council has had inquiries from other police departments around the country to help implement this unique program in their local communities.

Riverhead Central School District
Members of the Council for Unity at Riverhead High School collaborate to keep the school a peaceful learning environment for all of the students, to erase lines of division among its student body, to promote tolerance and to strive for unity. This year, in addition to the Council for Unity Club which meets as an after school activity, RHS also offers a History/English elective, which follows the Council for Unity curriculum. Please visit their website at: http://www.riverhead.net/

 

Leake and Watts Services, Inc.

Leake and Watts is one of the largest and most respected social services agencies in the country.  In 1997, Council for Unity and Leake and Watts partnered to develop a CFU program to meet the complex and ever-changing needs of vulnerable children and their foster care families.  Today, the children in the CFU program at Leake and Watts , who once believed they had no influence over circumstances in their lives, feel empowered to hold fast to their chapters' slogan, "Who Said There Could Not Be Light!"  Please visit their website at: www.leakeandwatts.org




GANG AWARENESS
"All gang problems
are local in nature.
Local problems require local solutions" --
In 1998 the Suffolk County Executive formed a commission to study the spread of gangs in Suffolk County and to “prevent this ‘emerging’ problem from gaining a foothold in Suffolk County.”

WHY DO KIDS JOIN GANGS?
According to this study, some of the reasons include: to experience a sense of family, belonging, or fellowship; to gain respect, a positive self-image, status; to realize financial gain; for excitement and fun and other social gains; for protection from neighborhood or rival gang violence; because of recruitment intimidation; due to peer pressure; and because the dangers of gang involvement are not understood.

 

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