Mesa summer program helps youth resist gangs.

Reports on the Positive Alternatives to Gangs Summer Youth Employment Program of Mesa, Arizona. Teaching the value of self-esteem to low-income at-risk youth; Half-day work at city, Mesa Public Schools or local non-profit agency worksites and attendance of training classes in the afternoon or evening; Payment of $4.25 for each hour of work or training; Gang Prevention Steering Committee as overseer of the program.