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Former gang member outlines prevention, mentoring work with Pueblo youth
Summary
Mark Salazar, founder of Hard Knocks Gang Prevention and Intervention, told the Pueblo City Council about his program’s mentoring, probation partnerships and chess-based curriculum and asked for community and council support to expand services and resources.
Mark Salazar, founder and CEO of Hard Knocks Gang Prevention and Intervention, told the Pueblo City Council on April 28 that his program runs evidence-based group sessions with juveniles referred by probation and child-welfare services and operates chess and mentoring programs at local libraries to teach impulse control and decision‑making.
Salazar said the program facilitates weekly groups at the probation department and provides therapeutic mentoring “primarily, like, on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.” He described a chess curriculum he uses at Lucero and Rawlings libraries to emphasize thinking ahead: “the game of life is very much like the game of chess, and they both require that you make the right moves to win.”
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