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                         Roanoke Times
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DATE: MONDAY, May 3, 1993                   TAG: 9305030128
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A3   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: 
DATELINE: KANSAS CITY, MO.                                LENGTH: Short

GANG SUMMIT URGES CREATION OF JOBS PLAN

Snapping pictures for souvenirs and exchanging hugs, current and former gang members wound up a three-day summit Sunday with a show of unity and a call for jobs.

The National Urban Peace and Justice Summit, conducted behind the closed doors of an inner-city Baptist church, advocated "the immediate establishment of 500,000 jobs for at-risk youth" by public and private employers.

Other recommendations, released at a news conference Sunday, called for the government to make public the status of 15,000 police brutality cases, and for President Clinton to appoint an independent commission "comprised of people of color to oversee and monitor police brutality."

- Associated Press 


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