Class 8 Assignment I think that a lot can be done within your community through the ideas or concepts of art. I think it was obviously on display during our last class with the panel’s discussions. There were groups present on what the crime and murder rates are like in the city and combining that information directly to arts groups that are striving to make changes was a perfect example. Hearing the information and then seeing how it is directly related to other organizations was eye-opening. The after school band program was brilliant and I have a lot of respect for that as I myself working with inner city kids in other cities, wanted to start a program similar to that one. However, I obviously was not old enough to start such a program and have put it off until a later time in my life. Art has a way of effecting and changing the soul of a person (just like other extra-curricular activities) that can be applied to life and keep people off the streets and prevent crime. The problem that I’ve seen so far though is that everyone is working to stop murder and crime before it starts from the ground up (education, music, etc.), but there aren’t many programs with the police and what not that are currently addressing the issues that stand. These are after the children has reached the age of 15 and have been taught different ways. Who is going to teach them? Who is taking this into account? I agree address the problem from a young age, but then what do you do to address the older issues?