There are a lot of things to do in life that beat joining a gang.  Reach out and get involved in your community, in your culture, in the arts, in music and dance, in sports.  These activities are healthy for the body and the mind, and will surround you with people engaged in healthy behavior.  

Making the right choices in life starts in the home.  A good future starts with a strong family or strong adult influences that can provide direction and protection for a young person.  That adult may be a father, a mother, a grandparent , an aunt or uncle.  But it could also be a teacher, a coach, a pastor, or anyone else who cares and can be a positive influence in your life    

So gangs are a big problem.  What can you do about it?  Make the right choice.  Whoever you are, young or old, if you are a student or a parent, look inside yourself and make the right choice. 

And then reach out to someone.  Be that positive influence on someone else.  Be a leader, a mentor for others.  A teacher, a police officer, a social worker.  Do something positive that will strengthen the bonds that tie your community together!

How to get involved 

• Develop a Gang Resistance Education and Training (G.R.E.A.T.) Program www.great-online.org

• Arizona Alliance of Boys and Girls Clubs  www.azabgc.org

• Stop Tribal Meth http://stoptribalmeth.org/

Join an Anti-Meth Task Force

• Hopi Substance Abuse Coalition, The Hopi Guidance Center, Contact Cornelia Honyakewa  honyakewac@hopi.ws  Tel: 928-737-2685

• Navajo-Hopi Meth Task Force, Contact David Rozema, Coconino County Attorney’s Office drozema@coconino.az.gov Tel: 928-779-6518

• Colorado River Indian Tribes Meth Coalition, Contact Bylli Esquerra bylli.esquerra@crit.org  Tel: 928-669-6577

• Navajo Nation Ft. Defiance Meth Task Force, Contact  Charolette James charjames1215@yahoo.com  Tel: 928-729-4470

• San Carlos Apache Tribe STEPP Coalition’s Meth Initiative, Contact D.J. Lott: d_j_lott@hotmail.com  Tel: 928-475-2798

• Tohono O’odham Nation Anti-Meth Coalition, Contact Linda Fayuant  linda.fayuant@tonation-nsn.gov

• White Mountain Apache Tribe Meth Coalition, Contact Ann Hendricks ahendricks@wmat.us  Tel: 928-338-4858