Exclusive Interview: Author, Heavyweight Boxer Changes Life Around and Gives Back to the Streets, At Risk Youth

ByNaomi K. Bonman

(EMPIRE NEWS NETWORK (ENN)— In today’s day and age, when youth tend to deter off in the wrong direction, it is often times because they lack mentorship. People, and especially our youth, need that mentor to show them what they can achieve no matter what circumstances they may come from. Eugene Weems, founder of Vibrant Green for Vibrant Peace (VG4VP) has been called to be that mentor. He started VG4VP in 2013 to alleviate human suffering in the face of emergencies to all people affected by disaster across the country and to help reduce the effects of crime, gang activity, and recidivism by positively impacting the lives of at-risk youth and troubled adults.

“We strive to provide relief to those who are in need of necessities, counseling or guidance,” Weem explains. “VG4VP also assists single parents in an effort to ensure their children a successful future”

VG4VP is accomplishing it’s mission by implementing a set of strategies and tactics designed to bring gang members out of the bondage of the gangsta’ lifestyle and mentality. 

“This is not an ego-driven call for a contest. I simply want to show the tools that VibrantGreen for Vibrant Peace has developed, and I want to offer them for your use.They work, they are effective, and they create change,” Weem stated.I was able to sit and down and chat with Weem where he discussed his inspiration behind starting VG4VP, future events that the organization is doing and a few other things that he has in the works.