It’s about the Strawberry Mansion All-Stars little league program, something I’ve written about before but all the more pressing in light of the whole “marauding youths” and murder at the Mander Rec Center dynamic.
Referring to concerns over packs of youths attacking bystanders at random, he added, “I don’t think you can solve it at City Hall, or in Council Chambers. You need to be out here in the neighborhoods. It’s about a simple hug and telling them that I love them, because it’s not coming out of the homes where they’re getting cussed out and kicked out. They just don’t hear it. Telling them they’re loved is the antidote.”
Read more (and see video of the day) here: In Strawberry Mansion, fun and games with a serious goal [NewsWorks]