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June 2009 Episode In Memory of David Cartagena Taking a Holistic Approach to Preventing Youth Violence
In this episode Elizabeth Burke Bryant interviews Teny Gross, Executive Director of the Institute for the Study and Practice of Nonviolence, and Sal Monteiro, Jr., the Institute's Director of the Juvenile Reentry Program. The Institute is a highly effective program in Providence, RI working to teach by word and example the principles and practice of nonviolence, and to foster a community that addresses potentially violent situations with nonviolent solutions.
"David J. Cartagena, a legendary streetworker and tireless advocate of nonviolence, was remembered Thursday morning as a bridge builder among warring youth across the city. Cartagena, 38, was a senior streetworker for the Institute for the Study of Peace and Nonviolence, on the city’s South Side. He was killed early Sunday morning in a multi-car crash..." Continue reading The Providence Journal's article, "Hundreds attend funeral of nonviolence advocate David J. Cartagena"
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