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Updated: 11:05 PM EDT May 2, 2021
TOLEDO, Ohio At this point last year, there were 10 homicides in Toledo. We re up to 20 already in 2021.
But that s only pushing some groups even harder to inspire change, especially among our youth.
Several social justice, religious, and youth empowerment groups came together at Ottawa Park on Sunday to call for peace and an end to the violence.
The event was organized by the city of Toledo Human Relations Commission.
Stop the Violence committee chair Sierra Webb says they need to have more events like this to unite the community and reach the youth. Figuring out, how to get them to stop being involved with gangs, said Webb, figuring out how to help them where they re lacking in school.
Toledoans who protested in wake of George Floyd s murder react to Derek Chauvin s conviction
Members of the Community Solidarity Response Network, who organized demonstrations across Toledo throughout the summer, say the verdict shows protests can work. Author: Emma Henderson Updated: 1:51 AM EDT April 21, 2021
TOLEDO, Ohio We ve seen protests and demonstrations across the country and right here in northwest Ohio following the murder of George Floyd.
WTOL 11 reporter Emma Henderson spoke with the Community Solidarity Response Network (CSRN) to see what it means to them now that a jury declared a guilty verdict in the trial of Derek Chauvin. This was a day that most Black people did not expect, CSRN member Ruth Leonard said.
Updated: 4:50 PM EDT April 17, 2021
TOLEDO, Ohio In light of the violence locally and across the nation already in 2021, Toledoans are coming together to rally for a change and call for action.
Nearly two dozen people took to Secor Road to rally for police accountability for a rally for change. All this after the recent shootings in Toledo, in Minnesota and in Chicago and as the Derek Chauvin trial is in its final stages.
The rally was put on by the Community Solidarity Response Network of Toledo. The number of black and brown people who are dying at the hands of racism just continues to be astounding, said rally goer, Rebecca Gauchet.