Grayso Enterprise Ltd Firs N Seria Rights pag Copyrigh 1989 1,50 words FRANCE SANDOVAL:FOUNDE O MOTHER AGAINS GANGS Writte b Jun Grayson Photographe b Richar Grayson Yo notic firs ho smal sh i an ho gentle hardl a intimidatin presence Yo hav t liste carefull becaus sh speak s softly Sh stop t embrac friend mothe whos so wa als victi o gan violence Sh wear blac an whit butto tha says Mother Agains Gangs Sh i her t presen th award a th firs anniversar meetin o th Auror Chapte o Mother Agains Gangs Mee France Sandoval th founde o Mother Agains Gang an th leade o thi ne grassroot movemen t brea th powe o gangs Sh i beautifu no onl physica beauty thoug sh ha tha to bu th inne glo o someon wh care passionatel abou other an neve tire o servin them Sh revive you gfait i th powe o th ol religiou virtures Sh prove tha on perso can indeed mak difference. Sandoval bor i Chicag o Mexica parents forme Mother Agains Gang i 198 afte he 1 yea ol so wa brutall murdere b gan member. O ??< ARthu Sandova wen wit freinds. Eve thoug oter gagn mebmer identifie th killer polic di no ac t fin him the tol he i wasn' improtant Sandvoa ah t d al f th wor herself I wa no unti sh wen o loca Hispanc telelvisio an offere $1,00 rewar tha informants cam fort an gav infrmati eladin th arres th guilt gan mebe nl fe lock fr wher ARthur' killin t place Sandva di n res unti h wa arrested treid an cnvicte f ARthur' murder H i n servin et3 yea sentenc f th crime. He struggl fo justic sensitize he t th pligh o othe mother wh ha los chidlre t gan violence. Compare t othe mothers thoug wa luck becaus kne m lega rights wa detemrine no t giv u unti ARtrhur kille wa ofun an borugh justice. Sandova qui hig schoo i 19? t marry an hav thre children Afte he divorce sh returne o schoo t ge he genera equivalenc degree stud communication i college an retur t he communit t wor a Spansh newspaper Now sh work ful tim a administrativ assistan t Jua Soliz alerma o Chicago' 25t precinc i th hear o Chicag and thePilse neighborhood i Chicago' district Sh understand Chicag an wha i take t ge thing done "I th mids o m ow suffering me al o thes othe sufferin mother wh ha n on t tel the thei right an hel the afte ther childre becam gan members " ha hear abou MADD Mother Agains Drun Driving an thought ther i n difference ou childre ar victim too," Sandova says. Sandova modele Mother AGains Gang o MADD' charte an bylaws Ther i n connectio betwee th tw organizations Wh di sh ge gran from Wh gav lega helf "theR HAV alway bee gang i Chciago Bu th senseles violenc i ne an icnreasing W mus sto thi sensels violenc befor mor o ou chidre ar destroyed Sandova says or service t mother wh hav lso chidlre t gag violenc a wel a mother wh ahv chidlre i gagns an advocac through th lega system. Sandova i prou tha MAG helpe i th successfu campaig fo th passag o th Illinoi saf Schoo Zon Act th la tha permist muvenile t b trie a adult i the are charge wit dru traffickin o usin weapon i schoo o withi 1,00 fee o school. Becaus France experience thi pai an lonelines hersel afte Arthur' murder sh wa abl t identif wit al o th othe victim an thei familie wh suffere fro gan violence. "Whe yo ar victi o gan violenc i Chicago, Jess Gonzales th executiv directo o Chicago' MOther Agains Gang office explains,"Yo hav t g int cour an g throug preliminar heargins yo ma no eve understan English an yo don' eve kno wha th la is Th polic ma mak insinuation tha you daughte o so wa involve wit th gang an tha i wh h o sh wa attacked Thi i no alway th case Innocen victim d suffer S Mother AGains Gang wil mee wit th families suppor the emotionally explai t the thei right an tha the hav th righ t deman tha th la b responsiv t thei needs Mother AGains Gagn member wil g int cour wit the an trasnlat fo them an tha communit pressur make th polic an court mor responsiv t th victim' rights." distinctio o rankin numbe 2 afte Lo Angeles i th numbe o gan relate murders Yet i 1986 withou an hop o success Sandova steppe ou i fait an determination Sh starte ne organization Mothe Agains Gangs Ever wa ha it turnin point tha historian ca loo bac t an say yes tha i whe th turnaroun started W didn' kno i then bu tha wa whe th tid o battl turne i ou favor Already member o som communities wher Mother AGains Gagn ha bee working say the se th turnaround Th black hav Ros Parks wh starte th victoriou civi right moement No th Hispanic ahv France Sandoval wh som dar t hop ha starte th turnaroun agains gan contro o o22igrant.u citie an ou youn people. ga I 1985 Arthu Sandoval 13 an hi sister explai wha happene here. Sandova ha missio t brin peac t th neighborhoods Sh i nt ou t aveng he son' death. Youn newcomer t a are ar vespeciall vulnerabl t && gan recruitment Th gan membe wh stabbe ARthu wa a illega immigrant Sandova feel tha th gan use hi t d thei dirt work The tol hi wha t d g sta him. h mothe mus mak i clea t he child lov yo bu no a gan member Sh mus withdra he support I doesn' see lik bi thing by Sandova think i i effective. Whe MA member g t cour wit th victim' family the won' fe s alone Th judg an gan member wil se tha the aren' alone The wil sa oh oh th mother ar here an the wil b mor careful. /sabndova wa i cour twelv time whil sh attemtpe t brin ARthur' kilelr t justice Sometime afte violen crime n on inform th victim o thei familie o thei lega an compensator rights MA member hel the ge wha i comin t them. sANDOVA STARTE HE wa wit specia attac agains gan graffiti Yo g t schoo t learn no t se gan symbo a th school da afte day Th school mus no allo it The promot mor polic coopration Mos familie fel unifnorme abou polic action