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b'Our guest and author, Robert Batista will share his passion and journey to curb and stop gun violence through his writing and novellas called Street Angel and The City Game. He will talk about the \\u201ciron pipeline\\u201d and the collateral impact of gun violence. Gun violence is not the answer to disputes, disagreements and differences. Robert will discuss non-violent approaches to dealing with these differences and share his stories.\\n\\nRobert Batista grew up in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. After attending Brooklyn College, he enlisted in the U.S. Air Force. While stationed at Edwards Air Force Base in Southern California, he began his writing career; first with poetry, then short stories.\\n\\nIn 1992 he founded Word Is Bond Press and began writing and publishing positive, uplifting stories for teenagers and young adults. His books \\u2018The City Game\\u2019, \\u2018Street Angel\\u2019, and \\u2018Brooklyn Story\\u2019 were picked up by the NYC Department Of Education, and Robert\\u2019s powerful message of self-determination and non-violence is now required reading in schools throughout the country. He is currently working on his new young adult novel, \\u2018Crisis At Central High\\u2019.\\n\\nMore Information:\\xa0 Robert Batista,\\xa0 The Street Angel Project, The Funky Writer, The Funk Soul Cafe, Twitter'