GAINESVILLE - A former gang member will be in Gainesville three days next week, talking to young people here about ways to resist peer pressure to drink. <br>
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Michael Chatman's presentations recount his childhood with an abusive father, the rationale he used in joining a gang, and his eventual decision to turn away from gangs. <br>
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His appearance in Gainesville will be sponsored by the Gainesville-Hall County Junior League and Leon Farmer & Company, the local Anheuser-Busch wholesaler.
