AmeriCorps is America at its best, people rolling up their sleeves and assuming responsibility to make our country better.
It'll punish hardened young criminals with stronger penalties.
We must keep doing everything we can to reach those children.
It is past time to end the violence.
The power to change America is within ourselves.
Our first, best hope is in the common cause of those around us.
Today I'll sign a proclamation designating next week as National Gang Violence Prevention Week.
It is about trying to save a generation of children and to secure the future life of a country.
All these things will help us make this time a year and a season of renewal.
We must respect our young people enough to give them a positive choice for the future.
Too many of them are growing up in fear.