by Allison Piche | Mar 24, 2018 | APTN, Healing, Jorgina Sunn
STR8 UP attended the National Guns and Gangs Summit in Ottawa earlier this month. Watch to hear Jorgina Sunn share her story and experience at the Summit with...
by Allison Piche | Feb 1, 2018 | Blog, Healing, Jorgina Sunn, STR8 UP stories
Jorgina Sunn first entered a gang in search of people like her. “I found myself situated with a different crowd of people. People that were addicted, people that we hurting, most of us Indigenous,” she says. “We all bonded in this dysfunction and...
by Allison Piche | Sep 14, 2017 | Event, Healing, Incarceration, STR8 UP stories
“Devin Napope was away for much of his teenage daughter’s life — in and out of jail, battling addictions and out of town. “Gone without a sound,” he said. At 30, he’s a member of STR8UP, an organization that works with people trying to break away from gangs and...
by Allison Piche | Sep 8, 2017 | Blog
September 15, 2017 at SCYAP Art Centre, see and hear the impact incarceration has on families from dads and sons who have experienced it first hand. Learn about the challenges families face through creative writing and art. Click here for more event...
by Allison Piche | Aug 23, 2017 | Andre Poilievre, Incarceration, Saskatchewan
Excerpt from the Star Phoenix: “Harsher sentences will not decrease youth crime, says the founder of a Saskatoon-based program that has helped more than 450 young people leave gangs. On Tuesday, the provincial government released its report on crime after...
