Part 2. Ellen Ratner interviews Victor Rivas Rivers, anti-violence advocate, ex-Miami Dolphins player, actor and member of the 21 Leaders for the 21st Century, on how he broke the cycle of violence in his life, and become a community leader.
Rivers remarks that he ran away from home at the age of 15, and how he lived with seven different families who guided him from being a violent gang member to becoming a community leader; later serving as a spokesperson against domestic violence. (6:17)
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June 29, 2006
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