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The Listening Tour is a collaborative research activity undertaken by the San Diego Commission on Gang Prevention and Intervention and the Joan B. Kroc School of Peace Studies with the purpose of informing the Commission on key gang trends and anti-gang research on an ongoing basis.
The 2010 Listening Tour met with 120 participants who attended meetings in Logan, City Heights, Clairemont, Lincoln Park, San Ysidro, Golden Hill, Sherman Heights and East Mesa to express their ideas and concerns around gangs.
The key findings of the Tour are below, yet it is worth noting that aside from merely gathering data, the Listening Tour provided a space for dispelling myths and engaging in dialogue with people and organizations that had not met before, and also as an information sharing mechanism about activities happening in communities around San Diego County.
The Listening Tour meetings were attended by Commissioners, they provided a unique opportunity for communities to engage with key leadership figures in the City of San Diego. In several cases, collaborative community projects began to develop as an outgrowth of the Tour dialogues.