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Clinton vows to back programs for 'second chance education'
By Peter Hecht - Bee Capitol Bureau
Published 7:03 pm PDT Monday, October 1, 2007
OAKLAND - Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton, vowing to "stop the revolving door from the streets to prison," pledged to invest $300 million as president into public-private programs for "second chance education" and reintegrating ex-offenders into communities.
In a speech Monday at Oakland's Laney College on curbing crime and revitalizing America's cities, Clinton blamed increasing urban crime on cuts in federal community policing grants and a failure to provide appropriate mentoring to vulnerable youth.
"We have 1.4 million young men of color between the ages of 16 and 24 who are out of school and out of work," Clinton said. "They're not earning legal wages or earning marketable skills. Many of them grow up without fathers, wind up in prison, end up losing their lives to guns and violence.
"Instead of wringing our hands over what we can do, let's roll up our sleeves and get to work to make it possible for them to save their lives and turn into productive citizens."
The New York senator was joined Tuesday by Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums, who didn't appear at her Sunday night rally in downtown Oakland and who six months ago publicly welcomed Clinton's top challenger, Illinois Sen. Barack Obama.
But on Monday, Dellums endorsed Clinton.
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