-Facts:

-T was the first ex-gang leader to train the L.A., Portland and Inn Police and Department of Corrections.
-T was the first ex-gang leader to train forest fire fighters.
-T is a community activist, gangologist, and consultant.
-T gives away turkeys twice a year.
-T does anger management, community organization, conflict resolution, human proficiency, rumor control, strategization, technical advisory, and conflict management.

T was born and raised in Chicago and moved to California in 1969. Still a teenager, T Rodgers was asked by the Black P Stone Nation to start a California division. In L.A. the Crips had already created a reputation of being senselessly violent towards their own. So T Rodgers continued to build a nation. He began in Jefferson Park, and he ended up building one of the most notorious Blood sets in L.A., creating a money making empire, and making the Jungle in L.A. a haven for Bloods. Through a constant effort to gain community support and the sharing of knowledge and discipline in martial arts T Rodgers and the Blackstone Nation in South Central gained tremendous respect from the Crips and the community alike. A few of the basic rules T laid out for the members beneath him was no rape, no robbery, no malicious mischief, and no bloodshed between Bloods. According to T Rodgers there were five principles of Blackstone, love, peace, truth, freedom, and justice. Members and sets were required to talk disagreements out. The new generation of gang members unfortunatly do not adhere to this code.

"There is no creature called an gang expert...the creature does not exist"

T deals with gang awareness, identification, prevention, suppression, and school safety. SWU and T can help you find reasonable, lasting solutions for crime. We at SWU are ex-gang members, ex-drug addicts, and ex-felons. To read more about T and SWU please visit our Sidewalk University page.

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T at home

T and Ms. Gayson at the Gayson Awards/ Renee, T, and Kathy/ Kathy, T and T'mika (Tee'nee) at the Gayson Awards