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T.E.A.R.S. International, Inc.
T.E.A.R.S. International, Inc. -- "To Educate All Responsible Societies" -- is a non-profit international voluntary foundation dedicated to assisting children and their families who are innocent victims of gang violence and violent crimes.
As late as 1990, very little was being done to assist innocent victims. Founder Gigi Greene started the foundation after Cindy Rodriguez, 12 years old, was crippled during a drive-by shooting. The family was in desperate need of support and care.
Gigi formed a group of dedicated people to do something about this. T.E.A.R.S. provides burial and financial assistance, housing relocation (when necessary), disabled medical equipment, family counseling, referral services, transportation, and works closely with Social Services.
Another strategic objective is to educate and inform gang members on how gang violence and criminal activities negatively affect our communities, innocent victims, and their lives. This program helps both innocent victims of gang violence and gang members who live in the urban and metropolitan communities.
T.E.A.R.S. provides special seminars with participation and employment opportunities. Under the directions of Ms. Gigi Greene, T.E.A.R.S. has implemented an on going Violence Prevention Campaign to educate the urban and metropolitan communities of gang related activities, violence, victimization, tagging as well as their cause and affects on our communities. T.E.A.R.S. communicates with all mass media, encourages community organizations, agencies, political groups, and churches to support and educate the general public as well as encourage members to assist the innocent victims.
T.E.A.R.S. goals and objectives are:
Striving to defeat gang violence of all kinds, defeat the increase in gang violence, the infliction of injury(s) and even death upon high-risk youths, retain a roster of specialists in the field of trauma injury.
To build a fully-functional hospital-clinic that features a trauma unit, physical rehabilitation therapy unit, mental/emotional health unit, diagnostic service unit and more with other buildings to house a theatre, a statistical clearinghouse, the outreach program, and T.E.A.R.S. administrative staff.
Provide other programs with supplemental funds so that innocent victims between the ages of 1-19 years can receive the best of medical devices such as wheel chairs, bubble beds, and items presently not covered by "Social Services", Medical Care, Victims Assistance, and Physical Therapy Clinics.
Mount campaigns to urge industries and business to increase job opportunities in the lower and fixed income communities.
Mount campaigns to urge the entertainment industries to be more responsible when producing gang related shows.
For more information on:
T.E.A.R.S. International Inc.
T.E.A.R.S. Violence Prevention Campaign "FunPark" -- Not Just For The Fun Of It
T.E.A.R.S. Strategies
T.E.A.R.S. Data Collections
T.E.A.R.S. Data Analysis and Assessments
More Goals and Objectives
Starting a T.E.A.R.S. Chapter in your city
Please write:
T.E.A.R.S. International Inc., P.O. Box 35742, Los Angeles, CA 90035.
Please send a donation of $5 for postage and handling for returned information.
or
Send Gigi an E-mail at greeneggg333@sbcglobal.net
T.E.A.R.S. Accreditation:
T.E.A.R.S. has received letters of support, recognition, as well as praise from over 40 Mayors, community and political figures.
Went to the White House on two occasions with Cindy Rodriguez and her family and Mark Morales, 10 years old, who was brutally burned by a gang member, with his family to meet President Bill Clinton.
T.E.A.R.S. Thanks all of its supporters, and special thanks to:
Pat Fields - Graham & James, Mayor Ronald Kirk - D.T., Mayor Richard J. Riordan - L.A, Councilman Nate Holden, Mayor Clarence Harmon - St.L.M, Mayor Harvey Johnson, Congressman Julian C. Dixon, Dr. J. S. Sehdeva, Dr.H.M.Mellon and Victor Franco-Miller Beer, just to name a few for the letters of support for the application to (OJJDP) under the Rural Gang Problems Grant Program
