As an ex-gang member, Eugene Rivers speaks from experience. Author of The
Ten Point Plan for a National Church Mobilization to Combat Black-on-Black
Violence, and a co-founder of the internationally recognized Boston Ten Point
Coalition. Reverend Rivers, a Harvard graduate, has been the subject of a
Newsweek cover story titled, "God vs. Gangs." He started a movement with churches
and the police in South Boston that all but eliminated gang homicides there.
He is currently working to cultivate new grassroots church leadership in 40
of the most violent inner-city neighborhoods in the United States, replicating
the successful partnership he brokered in Boston between the community of
faith and city law enforcement.
Listen with Real Audio
