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- EIN 04-3411592
- 410 Columbia Rd Boston MA 02125 USA
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Causes: Arts & Culture, Crime & Law, Crime Prevention, Half-Way Houses for Offenders & Ex-Offenders, Rehabilitation Services for Offenders, Visual Arts
Mission: Gods Posse was birthed in the midst of the outbreak of wonton violence that proliferated inner city Boston in the summer of 1990. Christopher G. Womack and Richard F. Williamson began to do aggressive outreach to high-risk young men on the streets and in the Department of Youth Services (DYS) detention facilities. What began as their individual response to the cry from the devastation of their young brothers in the streets has developed into a nonprofit organization incorporated in October of 1997. Gods Posse received its Federal tax-exempt status in the summer of 1998. The Posse deals specifically with hard-core street young men, ages 15-25, who are the predominant perpetrators and victims of crime and violence. It does intensive leadership development and outreach to young men who are gang involved, court involved, homeless or considered at-risk. Most of the clients are from poor and low-income neighborhoods of Roxbury, Dorchester, Mission Hill and South Boston. The mission of Gods Posse is to Recapture The Rebels to lead young men, by precept and example, from a life of death and destruction, to a life of responsibility and prosperity to challenge them to change destructive and unproductive behaviors, overcome setbacks and fulfill their God-given potential to become leaders and change agents in their communities.
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