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40 Young people
Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2023 5:30 pm
by DennisinMH
That you won't see a mugshot of or be a statistic of a crime.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/ne ... -achieved/
Re: 40 Young people
Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2023 5:30 pm
by Tazewell
DennisinMH wrote: ↑Fri May 14, 2021 6:38 am
That you won't see a mugshot of or be a statistic of a crime.
Should we revisit this statement in 5 or 10 years?
Re: 40 Young people
Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2023 5:30 pm
by CCubs
Didn’t see that coming.
Re: 40 Young people
Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2023 5:30 pm
by DennisinMH
Tazewell wrote: ↑Fri May 14, 2021 7:53 am
DennisinMH wrote: ↑Fri May 14, 2021 6:38 am
That you won't see a mugshot of or be a statistic of a crime.
Should we revisit this statement in 5 or 10 years?
Why wait 5-10 years? I wonder how we can research students who graduated 5-10 years ago from ELITE, and how they're doing.
Re: 40 Young people
Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2023 5:30 pm
by Tazewell
DennisinMH wrote: ↑Fri May 14, 2021 8:46 am
Why wait 5-10 years? I wonder how we can research students who graduated 5-10 years ago from ELITE, and how they're doing.
I had never heard of ELITE until recently, so I did not know it had been around for more than 5 years. If it has, you should be able to prove your statement that completing the program means that the graduate will not have "a mugshot of or be a statistic of a crime".
Re: 40 Young people
Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2023 5:30 pm
by AV8R
Cannon is a good dude. He’s working with kids who face extreme hardship in most cases so I give him nothing but respect. There are bound to be failures along the way but I saw more than a few success stories come out of his program, young adults who otherwise were facing a decade or more in a federal prison.
Re: 40 Young people
Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2023 5:30 pm
by Tazewell
It was not my intention to denigrate Carl Cannon or the ELITE Program. What I was questioning was the OP stating that simply graduating from this program was a guarantee that these 40 people would not be a criminal or a "statistic of a crime" in the future. It takes way more than finishing a program like this to make that statement true. Things like distancing themselves from African American Hip Hop culture for starters.
Re: 40 Young people
Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2023 5:30 pm
by CCubs
Wow!!! He was congratulating those students for trying to better their lives.
Telling them to change their lifestyle is very arrogant and racist.
Re: 40 Young people
Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2023 5:30 pm
by born2race2win1954!
Carl Cannon is a wonderful gentleman. I’ve known him for many years. He has involved me in many Peoria-area events over the years that benefitted many great causes.
Re: 40 Young people
Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2023 5:30 pm
by RPlant
Tazewell wrote: ↑Fri May 14, 2021 10:02 am
It was not my intention to denigrate Carl Cannon or the ELITE Program. What I was questioning was the OP stating that simply graduating from this program was a guarantee that these 40 people would not be a criminal or a "statistic of a crime" in the future. It takes way more than finishing a program like this to make that statement true. Things like distancing themselves from African American Hip Hop culture for starters.
According to most of the posting on here, just graduating Peoria HS is statistical feat my man. We get your continuous racism narrative, don't try to backpedal it dude.