shironinja
11-03-2004, 05:06 PM
Anyone involved with this organization or have info?
They do not operate in my city but they sound amusing. Basically they are a gang -- but considered a "good gang".
The story is, by now, familiar. The McDonald's night manager in a crime-ridden area of the Bronx, who, sickened and saddened by his city's deterioration, took matters into his own hands. He formed a voluntary, weapon-free patrol of thirteen to take the subways, the streets and the neighborhood back from crime. The accolades that followed and even the detractors decrying his initiative and success proved the value of the comforting symbolism of the red beret.
Less familiar is the continuing story and the extraordinary results. The spread of an idea - taking responsibility and becoming a force for good - that inspired young people to create over twenty chapters around the world and won the support of New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, former Mayor Rudolph Guiliani, businessmen Carl Icahn, Paul Carlucci, Leon Temiz and Fred Drasner, sport heroes Dave Winfield and Boomer Esaison, entertainers Regis Philbin and Phil Collins, and revered broadcaster Walter Cronkite. It helped to establish community forces with groups such as the YMCA, the National Crime Prevention Council and the United Way. Other examples are the patrolling of the Internet, the school safety programs, the neighborhood watches and clean-ups, and the cooperative ventures with educational institutions to teach their teachers in classroom management and protocol.
From the first time The Guardian Angels walked the walk in 1979, to the launching of CyberAngels, the Internet's largest cyber safety program in 1998, to today's schoolbased initiatives with leading educational and social institutions, the Guardian Angels have expanded their services as society required and their caring vision demanded. They have succeeded dramatically because of their strict adherence to the abiding belief of founder Curtis Sliwa. They empower people to help themselves, build self-esteem and confidence and arm themselves with responsibility.
That is what the Guardian Angels have done every year since 1979, with funding or without, but always with volunteers filled with commitment, conviction and compassion - a credo that has now been adopted by business and government alike.
The red beret that first symbolized the courage of the early volunteers in their basic quest for street safety at home has evolved into an icon of citizen responsibility and the badge of role models for real life. It has transcended the traditional territory of the streets. Today's Guardian Angels are in the city and the suburbs, the classroom and the boardroom. You will find them in the classroom as professional teachers or guiding youngsters after school as certified counselors, or wearing virtual berets and scrutinizing the Internet from their homes. Regardless of the time or place, each is committed to making young lives filled with possibility and promise. source: http://www.guardianangels.org/about_movement.html
One of their principles (why I bring them up) entails:
• Warrior Spirit ( wrestling, drawing the line, solo shielding )
• Technical self defense skills (hold downs, takedowns, evasion, grip breaking)
• Emergency first aid skills
source: http://www.guardianangels.org/pdf/become_angel.pdf
Am curious what they base their self defense training on.
Again ... any info would be appreciated.
They do not operate in my city but they sound amusing. Basically they are a gang -- but considered a "good gang".
The story is, by now, familiar. The McDonald's night manager in a crime-ridden area of the Bronx, who, sickened and saddened by his city's deterioration, took matters into his own hands. He formed a voluntary, weapon-free patrol of thirteen to take the subways, the streets and the neighborhood back from crime. The accolades that followed and even the detractors decrying his initiative and success proved the value of the comforting symbolism of the red beret.
Less familiar is the continuing story and the extraordinary results. The spread of an idea - taking responsibility and becoming a force for good - that inspired young people to create over twenty chapters around the world and won the support of New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, former Mayor Rudolph Guiliani, businessmen Carl Icahn, Paul Carlucci, Leon Temiz and Fred Drasner, sport heroes Dave Winfield and Boomer Esaison, entertainers Regis Philbin and Phil Collins, and revered broadcaster Walter Cronkite. It helped to establish community forces with groups such as the YMCA, the National Crime Prevention Council and the United Way. Other examples are the patrolling of the Internet, the school safety programs, the neighborhood watches and clean-ups, and the cooperative ventures with educational institutions to teach their teachers in classroom management and protocol.
From the first time The Guardian Angels walked the walk in 1979, to the launching of CyberAngels, the Internet's largest cyber safety program in 1998, to today's schoolbased initiatives with leading educational and social institutions, the Guardian Angels have expanded their services as society required and their caring vision demanded. They have succeeded dramatically because of their strict adherence to the abiding belief of founder Curtis Sliwa. They empower people to help themselves, build self-esteem and confidence and arm themselves with responsibility.
That is what the Guardian Angels have done every year since 1979, with funding or without, but always with volunteers filled with commitment, conviction and compassion - a credo that has now been adopted by business and government alike.
The red beret that first symbolized the courage of the early volunteers in their basic quest for street safety at home has evolved into an icon of citizen responsibility and the badge of role models for real life. It has transcended the traditional territory of the streets. Today's Guardian Angels are in the city and the suburbs, the classroom and the boardroom. You will find them in the classroom as professional teachers or guiding youngsters after school as certified counselors, or wearing virtual berets and scrutinizing the Internet from their homes. Regardless of the time or place, each is committed to making young lives filled with possibility and promise. source: http://www.guardianangels.org/about_movement.html
One of their principles (why I bring them up) entails:
• Warrior Spirit ( wrestling, drawing the line, solo shielding )
• Technical self defense skills (hold downs, takedowns, evasion, grip breaking)
• Emergency first aid skills
source: http://www.guardianangels.org/pdf/become_angel.pdf
Am curious what they base their self defense training on.
Again ... any info would be appreciated.
