inVENTURE TRIP , a Mechanism to Reduce Black-on-Black Gun Violence?

By: Uplift, Inc.
 
DETROIT - Nov. 25, 2013 - PRLog -- Gun violence has been at an all-time high. While this violence seems random, it is not. It is competitive turf warfare related to the underworld of crime - the major employer many inner cities.

Schools, for the past 40 years, have pushed Black Male students into special education. Sixty-nine (69%) of students in special education did not receive a high school diploma, as of 2010, , leaving them no honest alternative for employment. They are unable to secure a minimum wage jobs without a high school diploma. Professor McCarthy of University of California-Davis sums it up best, “it's simply adverse circumstances -- a tight job market, a lack of education -- that leads young people into crime.”

Economic problems need economic solutions. Ida Byrd-Hill rolled out the idea of inVENTURE TRIPTM, an Invention Lab and Seed Fund at the Inner City Economic Summitto assist Black Male Drug Dealers, ages 13 – 23, create legal inventions and products. http://youtu.be/W35bXugy6Ws



Research shows Black Male Drug Dealers or Street Hustlers possess the same entrepreneurial talents as mainstream entrepreneurs as they are able to build vast illegal enterprises. Professor Jeff Brice, Jr. of Hofstra University, “A drug dealer is really an entrepreneur who is simply selling the wrong products.”  If Black men had an opportunity to create legal inventions and products to combine with their entrepreneurial talents, they would create LEGAL businesses. As these  LEGAL businesses grow, the drug trade and gun violence would be severely reduced.

inVENTURE TRIPTM Invention Lab and Seed Fundhas the ability to reduce gun violence as it assist Black Male Drug Dealers transition to LEGAL enterprises.

Join Ida Byrd-Hill in bringing inVENTURE TRIPTM   to life.

http://www.upliftinc.org/inventure_trip.aspx

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Ida Byrd-Hill
ida@upliftinc.org
8774292370
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Tags:Drug Dealers, Prison, Entrepreneurship, War On Drugs, War On Poverty
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Location:Detroit - Michigan - United States
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