All communities, urban, suburban and rural, have seen an increase in teen violence over the past five years. 95% of large cities and 88% of small cities suffer from gang related violence. In a recent survey, 16.6% of those students polled said they had carried a gun to school within the last 30 days, and 29.3% said they had been in a fight within the same time period.

Every school day more than 150,000 students stay home because they "are sick of violence and afraid of being stabbed, shot or beaten." Every 92 minutes an American child is shot. Increasingly, school violence is indiscriminate and random. According to the FBI over the last 15 years: Here are some trends in juvenile violent crime. Simple Assault up 98%, Aggravated Assault up 64%, carrying a Weapon up 50%
Murder up 39%, Robbery up 37%.

Now at a time when world leaders are preoccupied with global conflict and economic turmoil, it is even more critical that Dance Nia spread it’s anti violence message to youth and provide a proactive alternative for youth.

Through Dance Nia programs, children and young adults build leadership skills; heal from past abuse and work together to counter the destructiveness of violence.

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