Originally Posted by Bostonian
Originally Posted by 22B
If you look at a homicide map it is obvious that the murders are concentrated in areas of high poverty. There is a very real risk in going into these areas, and I am not prepared to take that risk.
In the WSJ article I cited, the children being tutored travel from their neigborhoods, which may well have high crime rates, to the church, located in an area which I assume is safer.
Well that makes more sense than a swarm of amateur volunteers travelling in the opposite direction to do one on one mentoring.