The Voice – LANGARA’S FORUM ON GANG VIOLENCE A RESOUNDING SUCCESS
February 2nd, 2008 maniLANGARA’S FORUM ON GANG VIOLENCE A RESOUNDING SUCCESS
The thought provoking and eye-opening “Tackling the Complexities of the Gang Violence Issue Forum” hosted by Indira Prahst of the Department of Sociology of Langara College and Asian Pulse TV producer and host Kamilla Singh on Wednesday night at Langara College was a resounding success with a packed lecture hall and another hall with a live feed video that had an overflow audience.
The main speakers were Attorney General Wally Oppal, Vancouver Police Chief Jim Chu, West Vancouver Police Chief Kash Heed, CBC TV host and producer Natalie Clancy (who showed rare footage from her interviews with high profile gang members and expressed her views on dispelling the myths), Vancouver Police Detective Constables Adam Dhaliwal and Doug Spencer (who debunked the glorified representations of gang life with short clips from a popular presentation on the truth behind gangs and discussed the baits used for gang recruitment), Eileen Mohan (the mother of the innocent victim Chris Mohan, 22, of Surrey, who along with Edward J. Schellenberg, 55, of Abbotsford, was killed in gangland execution style on October 19 in Surrey just because they happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time) and Steve Brown (Schellenberg’s brother-in-law). NDP MLA Mike Farnsworth delivered the closing remarks.
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