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My name is Donna Marsh and I currently work as a Registered Mental Health Nurse in a Prison working mainly with young offenders with mental health problems. I have worked with young people for the past 7 years and find this client group very interesting. With the rise of knife and gun crime in England, I have many dealings with gang members and find it fascinating to find out why young people join gangs and engage in this kind of gang activity. Due to this, I have also been involved in the making of a DVD to raise awareness of knife crime in the UK in conjunction with the prison and a local school, this has been distributed to schools and Young Offenders Institutes across the country.

Introduction

Introduction to my blog:





This web blog follows my journey from England to the United States, where I will be meeting people who work within Youth Justice, predominately those who work with gang members both inside and outside prison.



My journey

My journey

Introduction

You can read more about me, the purpose of my trip, my story so far, what my plans are and what I hope to achieve in the supplementary sections below:



My fellowship

I am planning to travel to New York, Miami and Los Angeles for 6 weeks spending two weeks in each state. My rough plans are as follows:

  • 9th July 2010        Fly to New York

  • 12th July 2010      Travel to Syracuse for conference

  • 16th July 2010      Return to Manhattan to visit organisations that I have previously made contact with  such as Council for Unity.

  • 24th July 2010      Fly to Miami and visit organisations such as Miami-Dade County Juvenile Services Department and PanZOu Project Inc

  • 6th August 2010    Fly to Los Angeles

  • 8th August 2010    Travel to Bakersfield to visit a Probation Officer who has lots of contacts and visits he has arranged for me

  • 11th August 2010  Travel back to Los Angeles to visit the rest of my contacts such as Homeboys Institute and LA Gang Tours

  • 20th August 2010  Fly back to the UK

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