Analysis Of The Interrupters

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The sit-in campaign in Nashville started a regional movement that got national attention. All for the change of segregation in the south during the late 1950s. Two major players in contributing to this campaign were Jim Lawson and Diane Nash. Jim Lawson was a methodist minister who had strong ties with nonviolent action and the ministry. For three years he studied gandhian methods and served as a methodist missionary in India. Before serving as a missionary Jim Lawson also served fourteen months in prison. He served this time due to him protesting the action by the government to head into the Korean war. It is here in prison where he found the courage to stay true to his beliefs of nonviolence and really understand what he could do to help …show more content…

These interrupters are qualified to be out on the streets amongst the violence and murder because they were once apart of it. All of the interrupters were once apart of gangs in Chicago or have dealt with violence all their lives. These people are known throughout the communities and gangs and are respected for what they did in the past. This respect gives them the ability to talk to these young people about the violence and how it can be stopped, as well as most of the time being listened to. These interrupters often times where a hat or t-shirt with the slogan of the interrupters, that being “ceasefire”. They also use this slogan to spread awareness and have a key word among those who have heard their message and those who have not. The interrupters sometimes visit funerals to give speeches about violence and how it needs to stop. They also participate in protests or parades against violence. The interrupters have a three step method which is to detect and interrupt potentially violent conflicts, identify and treat highest risk, and to mobilize the community to change norms. Each one of these steps employ different tactics. Interrupters can detect and interrupt by doing several different things. Firstly, they can prevent retaliations by cooling down parties involved after a shooting. Secondly, they can mediate ongoing events that are affected by disputes, arrests, and prison releases. Thirdly, they follow up on conflicts for extended periods of time. To identify and treat the highest risk, activists relationships with the people involved in violence. They then try to convince these people that they are at risk and that they should reject the violence because the consequences could be catastrophic to them or the people they love. If the individual needs a lot of help the interrupter can sometimes even meet with the individual multiple times a week. Finally, activists can

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