National TenPoint Coalition

National Ten Point Coalition is a faith-based model that addresses the issue of urban violence as it impacts young men of color ages 12 to 24.

[National TenPoint Coalition @NationalTenPoin]

@WetGrunts @charlesharriso5 People like you are the problem, as all you do is criticize those who are making a difference in these teenagers' lives. Doing something to help is always better than doing nothing but criticizing.

[National TenPoint Coalition @NationalTenPoin]

@city_coalition @WetGrunts @charlesharriso5 The Indianapolis chapter of TenPoint's model to curb youth violence reflects what anti-violence groups nationwide are doing. This approach is regarded as best practice.

[National TenPoint Coalition @NationalTenPoin]

@charlesharriso5 The TenPoint model did not originate in Indianapolis but was initiated by a group of black clergy in Boston. This approach to reducing youth violence is now implemented in cities nationwide under various names. The achievements of TenPoint in Indy deserve praise, not criticism.

[Clergy For Safe Cities @clergy4safecity]

No one is safe from gun violence in America. Time to get faith leaders to a national convening on this matter.

[Rick Snyder @RickFOP86]

WELL DONE REV! #ThankU

[National TenPoint Coalition @NationalTenPoin]

@kevme07 @maureen_jeter @charlesharriso5 This is shameful, you trying to label a whole race of people.

[National TenPoint Coalition @NationalTenPoin]

@hopeXmeta @rigobear72 The Indianapolis TenPoint Coalition is one of the leading faith-based groups in America working to reduce urban youth violence among Black males aged 12-24. They have had remarkable success over their twenty-seven-year history in curbing youth violence in high-crime areas.

[Rick Snyder @RickFOP86]

TRAGIC TRANSIT HUB: The Carson Transit Center in Downtown Indy has become a Hub of Homeless, Drug Abusers, and the Mentally Unstable

It’s all pushed out to the far corners of the Capital City and surrounding Counties #RegionalTransit #FollowTheLines 🔴🔵🟣https://t.co/OiPjee0j4y

[Rev Dr Charles Harrison @charlesharriso5]

Today, I was in Fort Wayne with two other members of the Indianapolis TenPoint Coalition board. We collaborated with three representatives from Fort Wayne United Ten Point Coalition to develop a business plan aimed at expanding and replicating our youth violence reduction model in other cities across Indiana. @NationalTenPoin @Indytenpoint

[National TenPoint Coalition @NationalTenPoin]

@DomTheMVP Rev. Harrison and the Indianapolis TenPoint Coalition have been working in hotspot areas for 27 years, actively helping to reduce urban youth violence among black males aged 12-24. They are recognized as one of the leading anti-violence organizations in the country.

[National TenPoint Coalition @NationalTenPoin]

@Indy_reporter_ @city_coalition @bbqking317 @charlesharriso5 Your reference to Rev. Dr. Charles Harrison as "Chucky " is very disrespectful and unprofessional on your part as a reporter.

[Rick Snyder @RickFOP86]

WOW…thank you for supporting Law Enforcement Officers and their Families in Central Indiana, Representative Ireland #WellDone #RegionalRipples

[Maggie A. Lewis @MaggieALewis]

Indianapolis City-County Council passes Proposal 18, a special resolution recognizing the Indianapolis Ten Point Coalition for playing a vital role in helping to reduce urban youth violence in the Indianapolis community for over 26 years.

[Rev Dr Charles Harrison @charlesharriso5]

**Indianapolis TenPoint Coalition Update - Day 355 of 2025**

This update highlights our ongoing efforts to reduce urban youth violence among young men of color aged 12 to 24 in the 11 hotspot patrol areas. Our mission is to keep these young men safe, out of prison, and on a path to success. Since 1999, in partnership with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department (IMPD) and the community, we have celebrated 80 instances where our patrol areas have gone an entire year without a juvenile or young adult criminal homicide. Additionally, there have been 57 occasions where no one has been killed in an entire year within these same patrol areas. 👍

**Results: Juvenile and Young Adult criminal homicides in 2025 (ages 12-17 & 18-24) within Indy TenPoint Patrol Areas**
(Note: There has been one juvenile criminal homicide(12-17) and two young adult criminal homicides (18-24) in the 11 Indy TenPoint Coalition hotspot patrol areas in 349 days in 2025.)

1) Butler Tarkington (38th to 42nd St):
0 juvenile
0 young adult
(Note: Two 19-year-olds were killed outside our patrol area on 43rd Street.)

2) Crown Hill (38th to 34th):
0 juvenile
1 young adult
(Christopher Mays, age 24, shot and killed in a trap house)

3) Crown Hill (33rd to 30th):
0 juvenile
0 young adult
(Note: Anthony Hernandez-Lopez, 18, was involved in a self-defense homicide stemming from an altercation at a party.)

4) Mapleton Fall Creek (34th to 38th Pennsylvania & Meridian St):
0 juvenile
0 young adult

5) Highland Vicinity:
0 juvenile
0 young adult

6) 29th & MLK (two-block radius):
0 juvenile
0 young adult

7) Mobile Gas Station (42nd & Mitthoefer Rd):
1 juvenile (17-year-old killed in a robbery)
0 young adult

8) Carriage House East Apartments:
0 juvenile
1 young adult (19-year-old killed in a robbery)

9) 38th and Post Rd Hotspots:
0 juvenile
0 young adult

10) BP Gas Station (38th & Mitthoefer Rd):
0 juvenile
0 young adult

11) Corner of 38th and German Church Rd:
0 juvenile
0 young adult
#ResultsMatter
#SavingLivesMatter
#WorkingTogetherWorks
#IndianapolisTenPointCoalition

[Rev Dr Charles Harrison @charlesharriso5]

On January 1, 2026, the Indianapolis TenPoint Coalition will be in our 27th year as a faith-based organization of black churches, with the mission to help curb the pattern of urban youth violence that disproportionately affects black males ages 12-24. Sadly, almost half of the deaths among black males ages 15-24 are premature, due to homicide. Urban youth violence, driven by black-on-black violence, is a national epidemic that we must address by rebuilding the black family, especially in single-parent households, which lead to higher levels of poverty and dependence on government assistance for survival. There needs to be a national focus on restoring fatherhood in the household, so fathers can serve as positive role models for their sons and daughters. We must address the root causes that are leading too many juveniles down the wrong path in life, into the underground economy of drug trafficking and criminal activity. Though we do not proselytize on the streets, we engage at-risk youth in high-crime areas and believe in more God, less crime. The Indianapolis TenPoint Coalition OGs build positive relationships with at-risk youth on the streets and share their faith stories as one crucial piece that helped them turn their lives around from crime and prison to live everyday lives, and are now on a pathway of success. Like all young people, these at-risk youth in high-crime areas just need love and to know that people care about them to help restore hope in their lives and put them on a different, better path. This is what we strive to do every day as the Indianapolis TenPoint Coalition in the hotspot areas we patrol: save lives. #ResultsMatter #SavingLivesMatter #WorkingTogetherWorks

[Rev Dr Charles Harrison @charlesharriso5]

They called me the crime-fighting pastor. For 32 years, I have served as the senior pastor of Barnes United Methodist Church. I preach from the pulpit on Sunday mornings, and several nights a week, I am out in the streets with the Indianapolis TenPoint Coalition, a faith-based organization dedicated to maintaining peace and saving lives. I aim to spread the love of Christ by caring for others and making a positive difference in the lives of young people.

[C.Brian Knighton @Cbknight76]

The work this man of God is doing in Indy shows he walks,with full armor.
Keep it up Rev

[Rev Dr Charles Harrison @charlesharriso5]

I was out with one of the Indianapolis TenPoint Coalition patrol teams on the west side, and it was busy tonight. I saw IMPD surround a vehicle with four or five cars and detain a young Black male near 38th and MLK. I also witnessed a police chase that passed us at 38th and Capitol, with many police cars involved. The underground economy was active tonight, with drug trafficking and trap houses. We talked to a few people who shared interesting information. This was just a typical night in the hood, with all the challenges of maintaining peace.
@Indytenpoint @NationalTenPoin
#ResultsMatter #WorkingTogetherWorks

[National TenPoint Coalition @NationalTenPoin]

@city_coalition @ebwhite99 @charlesharriso5 Over 27 years of collaboration with law enforcement and community stakeholders, their patrol area has gone 80 an entire year without a youth murder. The current mayor of Indianapolis is not utilizing the Indianapolis TenPoint Coalition in the same manner as previous mayors did.

[National TenPoint Coalition @NationalTenPoin]

@city_coalition @ebwhite99 @charlesharriso5 The power of presence on the streets and building relationships with black and brown youth is the key to violence reduction in neighborhoods disproportionately impacted by violence. Rev Harrison and Indy 10 Point does it as well as any group in the country.