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San Francisco officers take Bayview youth to Ghana; participants report transformational impact
Summary
Officer Jason Johnson described a privately funded trip that took seven Bayview Hunters Point youths to Germany and Ghana, including visits to historic sites and community engagement; participants and commissioners said the program changed student attitudes toward school and community, and organizers plan follow-up outreach and fundraising.
Officer Jason Johnson told the San Francisco Police Commission on July 2 that a privately funded program took seven Bayview Hunters Point youth (ages 14–18) to Germany and Ghana this year and produced measurable behavioral and educational changes in participants.
The presentation, delivered during the commission's midyear meeting, detailed a multi‑day itinerary that included a safari, visits to Kumasi and Cape Coast and tours of former slave dungeons. "We went to the slave castles ... it was pretty intense," Johnson…
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