The Guardian Angels

From Patrick at Badger Blogger.

Guardian Angels begin patrols in Milwaukee
by Patrick @ 7:46 pm. Filed under Home
Guardian Angels from Green Bay (I didn’t know they were there either) and Chicago will be patrolling the near south side neighborhood where last weeks gang shootings included two police officers.
On Saturday, Ald. Zielinski said the Guardian Angels will announce the appointment of a Milwaukee chapter leader, Derek Smith, and a chapter spokesperson, Willie Brooks. Both were original members of the Guardian Angels when they were here in Milwaukee in the ’80’s. They have also acquired a building for a headquarters and training facility.
Read the Zielinski/Guardian Angels press release here.

He mentioned that he didn't know the Guardian Angels were in Green Bay.
God Bless the Guardian Angels in Wisconsin to help change the way it was to the way it should be!
I did a search and pulled up this article from 2003.
I know that no one reads this blog site but to my maker , Lord thank you for the Guardian Angels.
There are people that do care for what is right.
My wife works in Milwaukee during the week and the company I work for is from Milwaukee.
I hope that the Lord will change the ways of Milwaukee.

From the August 8th, 2003
Article reproduced from: http://www.greenbaynewschron.com/
Gang prevention forum to hit Green Bay
Founder and president of the Guardian Angels will speak
By Monique Balas
News-Chronicle
The Guardian Angels, a network devoted to gang-crime prevention, will be in town Wednesday to meet with the
community to determine whether it can make an impact in Green Bay.
The forum will be presented by the Hispanic Advisory Council, headed by Alex Zacarias.
"One of the issues that's been coming up in the last couple of years that we felt needed to be addressed was the gang
issue," he said.
Zacarias said the issue came out of a series of forums with area high school kids and the Green Bay Police Department.
"The message that was strongly heard was the gang issue was not just a police issue but a community issue - the
community has to take part in the prevention of gangs," he said.
The Guardian Angels incorporate participants from different age groups and protect people from gangs through a
community-based philosophy, he said.
"It's the looking out for the neighbor idea - if an elderly person needs help, they can call on this group of kids and say,
'Hey, can you go to the grocery store,' or wherever there is gang activity, their presence can deter any kind of violence
because they know, 'Oh, there's the Guardian Angels,'" Zacarias explained.
He said the forum will be one of a series to raise community awareness of gang problems, as well as to present ideas for
addressing those issues. Once people hear and learn about the Guardian Angels, he said, they can decide if it's
something that could benefit Green Bay.
"The Guardian Angels are not here to impose their program into our community," Zacarias said. "They basically want to
come here and say, 'Hey, this is what happened in other cities and it's worked for them.'"
He emphasized successful gang prevention would only happen in connection between the community and the police
department.
Gangs aren't a major concern in Green Bay right now, said Natalia Rios, Hispanic liaison officer between the GBPD and
the community - but they could be, she said.
"The sooner we start doing something, the more benefits we're going to have in the long run," she said. "It's an issue and
it's growing. It's something we have to start looking at."
Ray Hutchison, chairman of urban and regional studies at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, said he remembers
about 12 years ago when Green Bay was home to several hundred gang members. Although the situation has gotten
better, the problem could reach that level again, he added.
A community-based forum would be a good way to address the situation before it gets to that point again, said Hutchison,
who has researched gang problems in the Fox Cities.
"(The forum) is a good idea and about time this is done in a sustained way," he said.
FYI:
A gang prevention forum for the community will be held from 6-8 p.m. Wednesday at Green Bay Metro, 901 University
Ave. Curtis Sliwa, the founder and president of Guardian Angels, will speak.

God bless the Guardian Angels!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!