The GTA Faith Alliance was founded in February 2003 as a joint effort of about 40 religious leaders focussing on the issue of youth violence, particularly involving gangs and guns. Its chairperson is Reverend Don Meredith.

The Alliance has modelled its activities on the work of Reverend Eugene Rivers of Boston who has utilized a corps of pastors to who have worked to create alternatives to street gangs for disadvantaged Black youths. The Alliance brought Rivers to Toronto in early 2006 to meet with police and community leaders in an attempt to replicate the "Boston Miracle" in Toronto. As a result, the Alliance launched a program to recruit 400 mentors who would lead 70 youth oriented after-school programs in churches across the city in an attempt to divert at-risk youth from gangs and crime.

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External links

• GTA Faith Alliance official site