HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) – A new center where parents, students and at-risk teens can learn ways to prevent violence in their neighborhoods, is opening in Hartford.

“We are training individuals the moms, the uncles, to dads, everybody, in the community to become licensed intervenors to work with those children, “said Francine Austin of the Brother Carl Hardrick Institute.

The Brother Carl Hardrick Institute just finished its first class with 36 Community leaders, who all have the same thing in common with Brother Carl, they care deeply.

“We have the hospital systems coming in and being involved, both on what they do for gun violence as well as mental health, said Joann Price Co-chair of the Brother Carl Hardrick Institute.

The basketball court is a pivotal point whether it has been turned into a red carpet gala for the grand opening or as the center of the police activities league, where the community and police work together to keep youth on the right path.