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This History of Stop the Madness, Inc. is rooted in service and ministry. The leading servant and youth advocate has been Dr. Ternae T. Jordan, Sr. Dr. Jordan is a native of Chattanooga, Tennessee and currently, after returning to Chattanooga, he serves as Senior Pastor of Mt. Canaan Baptist Church. Noted for his unyielding “passion for God and compassion
for people” he has been actively involved in the process of redeeming
the hearts of our nation’s youth for more than two decades. One
of the vehicles he uses to do this has been Stop the Madness, which he
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In October, 1993 Dr. Jordan’s son, T.J., was at the YMCA waiting to be picked up from a piano lesson when he was shot in the head by a stray bullet. The need for the madness to stop became more evident to not only Dr. Jordan but also the community. This propelled Stop the Madness into the media and gave a voice to a program that was changing lives. As a nationally recognized leader on youth violence prevention, Dr. Jordan served as a representative for the House-Senate Republican Faith-Based Leadership Summit held in Washington, DC in April 2001. He was also chosen by SafeCities of the U.S. Department of Justice to serve on a national panel to discuss safety in after school programs. |
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Stop the Madness has experienced
tremendous success, but the time has come to take this proven method to
communities across this country. There are many communities and cities
that have no answer to the growing illiteracy, negative activity and youth
violence issues. Stop the Madness would like to lock arms with these communities
and cities to make a difference, by touching the lives of our at-risk
youth. To date Dr. Jordan has buried over 100 young people to acts of violence. Isn’t it time we all help “Stop the Madness.”  |
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