Stopping The Madness In Mobile

The “Stop The Madness” rally is meant to bring together local businesses, churches and other groups to steer teenagers away from gangs and crime.

“Cause it's so easy for a child to stray if they don't have anything positive to look forward to,” says Stop The Madness Program Coordinator Denise Patterson. Organizers say their main goal is to give young people other options and also bring them back into the communities where they were raised.

“A lot of people don't feel safe in their own homes, not feeling safe in their own communities, so what we're doing, so we're bringing it back to the community and we have a problem but it's going to take a whole community to be part of the solution,” says Denise Harris Wells with Remington College. Young people get to check out local businesses and hopefully get a job or get involved.

“So they'll think when they get out there and become involved or they may get side tracked by different activities, we want to give them more than what they have,” says Denise Patterson. A special poster was on display. It was a collage of images of young people killed by violence in the last three years in Mobile County.

For more information on groups involved you can call 251-456-2652. You can also visit this site.