Justice Is Served

Aqeela Sherrills Guests on September 13th, 2013 – Black Hollywood Live’s Justice Is Served


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BHL: Justice Is Served - In this episode Black Hollywood Live host Mari Fagel interviews special guest Aqeela Sherrills. Aqeela Sherrills is the youngest of 10 siblings raised in the Jordan Downs Housing Projects in Watts, California. At only 34 years old, Aqeela stands out as a guiding force in the re-development of the Watts community with the goal of making it a national model for positive growth and social change.

In 1989, after seeing 13 of his friends killed in the bloody gang war that was destroying his community, Aqeela was inspired with a vision to create peace in his neighborhood. In 1992, after laying years of ground work, Aqeela and his brother Daude successfully bought the neighborhood gangs together for the signing of the "Peace Treaty" between the Bloods and the Crips in Watts.

In 1999, Aqeela and his brother establish the Community Self Determination Institute (CSDI), a social-profit agency dedicated to the transformation of the Watts community
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