<p>Colleen and Mark chat about The Boston Uncornered Initiative which uses stipends and mentors to get gang leaders into college as a way to change their communities. It's an unconventional approach to tackling the problem of gang violence but it's changing the city of Boston, one corner at a time.</p>

Colleen and Mark chat about The Boston Uncornered Initiative which uses stipends and mentors to get gang leaders into college as a way to change their communities. It's an unconventional approach to tackling the problem of gang violence but it's changing the city of Boston, one corner at a time.

Episode 16: Gang Bangers as Saviors with Mark Culliton

A Year of Listening Podcast is designed to reclaim the lost art of civil, compassionate, and nuanced conversation about a variety of polarizing topics.  In short, we’re tackling all the topics your mother warned you not to discuss at cocktail parties.  The goal of this show is to help people understand the very personal experiences that often guide our beliefs in the hopes that this expands our compassion and empathy for those who believe differently than us.  I have no doubt that in every episode a listener will hear something with which he wholeheartedly disagrees.  But, I also believe that if one keeps listening, he will also hear something with which he agrees.  It is my hope that the conversations in this podcast will give listeners opportunities to keep listening, to practice empathy and to widen the narrow holds we have on our own perspectives to make room for someone else’s.

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A Year of Listening Podcast is designed to reclaim the lost art of civil, compassionate, and nuanced conversation about a variety of polarizing topics. In short, we’re tackling all the topics your mother warned you not to discuss at cocktail parties. The goal of this show is to help people understand the very personal experiences that often guide our beliefs in the hopes that this expands our compassion and empathy for those who believe differently than us. I have no doubt that in every episode a listener will hear something with which he wholeheartedly disagrees. But, I also believe that if one keeps listening, he will also hear something with which he agrees. It is my hope that the conversations in this podcast will give listeners opportunities to keep listening, to practice empathy and to widen the narrow holds we have on our own perspectives to make room for someone else’s.

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Episode 16: Gang Bangers as Saviors with Mark Culliton

Episode 16: Gang Bangers as Saviors with Mark Culliton