AMIDST public concern over violence in schools, episodes of which have filtered onto social media platforms, executive director of the Violence Prevention Alliance (VPA) Dr Deanna Ashley is pointi.
Despite overwhelming evidence of the impact of firearm-related violence and injury, why doesn’t this tragic humanitarian problem lead to a similarly coordinated response?
Romario Nelson (second left) and Andrea Williams, students of Kingston High School, teach Professor Elizabeth Ward (second right), chair of the Violence Prevention Alliance, how to play the drum. Prof.
The Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ), with its newly formed $2-billion community transformation initiative – Project STAR (Social Transformation and Renewal) – met with local business heads in Montego Bay, St James, on August 24