Gang Prevention-Words of an 'OG' "I Lost My Real Family"

"The gang was my life. I lost my children, I lost my family, my real family. I lost everything I cared for because this was the life that I chose."

Oscar Contreras speaks to delegates at the New York Gang Investigators Association 2008 Gang Training Conference, Rochester, New York.

Oscar currently is the Director of Street Intervention Division of Childhood and Self-Sufficiency in Chicago, Illinois.

For more information on his work visit:

http://catholiccharities.net

This video recorded by the Director of the Ontario Gang Investigators Association prevention and intervention initiative http://NoToGangs.org

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