2006 Boston Gun Buyback

Film on gangs strives to reclaim Hub streets

Film on gangs strives to reclaim Hub streets
Boston Herald
By Laura Crimaldi
Friday, June 30, 2006 - Updated: 01:52 AM EST

    As the Hub braces for a bloody summer, former Boston and Cape Verdean gang members featured in a documentary film that tells the story of street violence in the city are hoping to take back the neighborhoods they once terrorized.

     “We started in Uphams Corner causing chaos and now a film is going to be debuted in Uphams Corner. It’s going to end where it started,” said Mario Rodrigues, 29, of Dorchester, an ex-gang member and Cape Verdean immigrant who is at the center of “Street Soldiers: Uniting to Rebuild Our Community One Block At a Time.”

"Street Soldiers" Boston film premiere

from their press release...
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“Street Soldiers: Uniting to Rebuild Our Community One Block at a Time”
Boston film premiere spotlights The Young Men from Upham’s Corner trying to change their lives and community for the better.
June 30, 2006, 7:30 pm
Strand Theatre, 543 Columbia Road, Dorchester, MA

Buyback Billboards unveiled

Mayor Menino, Boston Police Superintendent-in-Chief Albert E. Goslin, Deputy Superintendent Darrin Greeley, and Gun Buyback activists met on Washington Street in Roxbury, near Egleston Square, to thank ClearChannel and unveil the first of 30 donated ClearChannel billboards around the city.

Representing ClearChannel was their Boston Outdoor President Drew Hoffman, accompanied by his family.

Media coverage included Fox 25, The Ten O'Clock News (WB56); NECN, 7News and others. However, the Herald and Globe did not print coverage of the event, and the Globe got the number of guns received this week completely wrong (they reported 36!), in a mention of the Buyback in a story about a Friday night shooting.

Billboard press conference Friday 6/16 at 10 AM

Community activists, organizations, residents and youth are invited to attend a press conference in Roxbury to unveil one of many billboards donated by ClearChannel to publicize the Buyback. Mayor Menino and others will speak.

(PS to in-school youth - Do not skip for this event!)

Contact us for the location and further info.

START Peace - Video Shoot

"You and all of your friends are invited to be a part of history. The group 4 PEACE is filming a 3 day video shoot. We're asking that you c'mon down to Washington Park (on Martin Luther King Blvd)! Tell your mother to come. Drag your pops with you."

When: Saturday June 17, 2006 at 10:00 AM

Where:  Washington Park, Roxbury, MA 02119 (Martin Luther King Blvd.)

Listen to the Start Peace song here (right-click to download).