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Praise Temple's Bishop Larry Brandon talks about his meetings with gang leaders, as Shreveport leaders search for ways to reduce the city's growing gun violence.

Bishop Larry Brandon of Shreveport's Praise Temple Full Gospel Baptist Cathedral talks about the Youth Winter Technology Camp taking place through Saturday.

Bishop Larry Brandon, pastor at Shreveport's Praise Temple Full Gospel Baptist Church, talks about the church's latest backpack and school supplies giveaway.

The festival which features Grammy Award winner John P. Kee, will begin Saturday evening at seven at Praise Temple Plaza at 4725 Greenwood Road in Shreveport.

Brandon says, "Unfortunately, there are children that are raising themselves. If you don't care about your own life, you're not going to care about anybody else's."

The forum, open to the public, will include Caddo Parish School Superintendent Dr. Lamar Goree and some school board members as guests.

The Bishop says that the home shelters boys he describes as "homeless" and "challenged" and hopes to take more boys into the home as the funds become available.

Bishop Larry Brandon, pastor of Shreveport's Praise Temple ,says that his congregation is protected by a number of members who are armed and "specially trained"

Brandon talks about the facility and how he hopes to eventually to be able to take in - and educate - as many as 150 homeless and challenged youth in the area.

Bishop Larry Brandon of Praise Temple is leading the charge to battle racism in Shreveport-Bossier. He recently took part in a session in Dallas to look for answers. The event, "The Reconciled Church: Healing the Racial Divide," brought 80 ministers together from all over the country...