HOUSTON - On Saturday morning, over 100 students were expected to attend the Red Zone Youth Empowerment Forum on the city's Northwest side. The event aimed to prevent youth crime in the community by helping students gain mentors early on.

"We come together and meet in what we call ‘huddles’ with young people, and our goal is to not only tell them why it’s important to have dreams for their lives, but also to show them how to create those dreams," Judge Lori Chambers Gray said.

‘Tackling Crime’

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According to Judge Gray, the areas with the highest amount of youth crime are the ones they target for these events.

"They’re dealing with things such as peer pressure," Gray said. "They’re dealing with problems at home. They’re dealing with mental illness. So we talk abou

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