New London — Members of the activist organization Hearing Youth Voices, the group that helped organize the local Black Lives Matter movement, has formed a coalition to renew its call for a shift in city budget priorities away from “traditional forms of policing.”
The New London People’s Budget Coalition has asked the City Council to seriously consider things like the health inequalities and wealth gaps that exist in the city and is calling for more substantial investments in areas including social services.
The message is made clear in a video released by the coalition, which along with Hearing Youth Voices boasts support from Step Up New London, FRESH New London, Writer’s Block InK, Madry Temple, Cultured AF and the New London Green Party.