Preventing youth violence event set for Saturday

Who helps prevent youth violence is hosting a special event tomorrow to bring some good vibes to part of his Stop the Killing Tour. The organization's founder, Daryl Muhammad, joining us now with a preview to talk more about this important event again happening tomorrow. All right, Mr. Muhammad, we were talking earlier this week. I'm so glad we have you on right now. Yes. So what year is this now for this event? And I want to talk to you about how you got involved with youth in particular. Well, first, I'd like to thank the Honorable Minister Lord Farrakhan. As you remember, 31 years ago, there was a historic Million Man March. But before there was a historic Million Man March, October the 16th, 1995, he was crisscrossing America, dealing with the same issue, stopping the killing. So me and Kamal Ali, five years ago, we started in the high schools, we was able to go into high schools. They allowed us to take the entertainment in there to address what we see today and what we're dealing with today because we've seen it coming. And this is Kamal Ali of Ben's Chili Bowl. I want to make sure we know that, too. Yes, ma'am. Now, and it's interesting in that, you know, kids, every generation is dealing with their own issues. Yes, ma'am. What do you see the kids today dealing with? Well, first and foremost, you have to go out and have a conversation with them. And out of that conversation, if you listen with a discerning ear, then they'll tell you what the problem is. The main problem right now with our young people, there's a mental health crisis that has to be addressed expeditionally. But there's another component to this mental health crisis, which our young people is on marijuana laced with fentanyl, they're on Oxycontins, they're on Percocets. And if you look at the drugs they're using today, compared to past generations, they're painkillers. Mm-hmm. That tells us that our young people is in a lot of pain. Mm-hmm. So anytime you see 13, 14, and 15-year-old young children with gun violence and killing, that tells us right then and there, there's something that's not only is wrong, but it has to be addressed expeditiously. Absolutely. Yes, ma'am. They are in pain. How do you connect with these kids, right? That's sometimes the hardest part. Yes. You can go out there, but actually getting to have a conversation with them. How do you connect? Well, we are there seven days a week. We're in the most, or we deal with the most criminally insane minds in this city. One, two, three o'clock in the morning, we're out there and it's dangerous. Of course, this is why a lot of people, when we ask to join on to what we're doing, they don't believe that they can be rehabilitated, reformed, or transformed. That's one thing. But when you listen to our young people, they want some help. But what they tell us is they don't think that nobody is listening. Mm-hmm. And when you look at them with that mental health crisis that they have with the drug addiction, they have and see no future for themselves. Right. So now when you see that, you see young people guiding young people. You see young people leading young people. Right. And you also see the on this social media, which is extremely dangerous. Right. So now when you have those components of a mental health crisis with drugs addiction, and you have a phone where we one-upping each other now. Right. With this crime. And that's the thing now that, I mean, we just got to do more of coming out of our hiding places and come out and address this situation. Because at the end of the day, it's not going to change until the community as a whole come out and do whatever you can do. We need the adults, the examples. There's no doubt about that. Tell me about this event. What's going to happen this weekend? What you're planning for the kids? Well, we'll be at Malcolm X Park from 11 o'clock to eight o'clock. We always like to bring entertainment because it is an irresistible blend of enjoyment, but more enlightenment. And we have been growing the last five years, getting the churches involved, businesses involved, corporations involved, regular people involved. And this is how you have to build a coalition because it's not going to take police or policy. The community have a responsibility to the community. I'm going to say this, Stephanie. You have 320,000 men. We're asking for 10,000 fearless men to get between the guns, knives, and death itself to save our people. And it's not hard. We're already out. Crisis management is on the ground. So we're already on the ground. We've been on the ground. We've got the trust of our people. Now we just got to continue to move forward. All right, Mr. Muhammad, thank you so much for joining us. I want to tell everybody, 11 to 8 p.m. And it's free, right? It's free. Everything is free. Thank you so much for doing that for me and the community. Thank you, ma'am. All right, Marissa, I'm going to send it over to you. All right, good thing. We'll have good weather, especially because a lot of people need to be at the place. Thank you.