"How to Keep Your Kids Away from Gangs" isn't about the problems we already know are existing in communities all over the country. It is about solutions to those problems. It's a raw and straight to the point book about how to do exactly what the title says. Al-Tariq Gumbs is an ex-gang banger, who spent almost all of his adult life in a gang. He was considered the poster child for the gang members in New Jersey. Now, Al-Tariq is using that sam influence and magnet they say he used to bring members to the gang lifestyle, to keep them away from it. At the age of 25, he helped instrument the first blood and cript truce in Essex county jail. Upon finishing the first half of this book in 2003, he has worked tirelessly to stop the gang violence with great risk to his freedom. The book is geared towards parents, community, kids, and anyone who's looking for solutions to fix the problem. To the leaders of gangs the author's message continues to be: "We've lived our lives, let's give the kids the opportunity to live theirs. Let's choose life over death, love over hate, peace over war, saving over abandoning." He encourages all input and comments you might have because we have to work together to save our kids.