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By Phillip Boudreaux Rochester SHARE ROCHESTER, N.Y. The recent violence involving youth suspects has many in Rochester searching for solutions on how to stop it. What You Need To Know The violence involving youth has Rochesterians looking for solutions on how to end it Community leaders on Thursday discussed two different approaches to tackling the problem Local pastors aim to get 300 area churches involved in antiviolence marches and rallies on June 5 It s a problem of the heart,” said Clay Harris, founder of United and Healing Through Hope of Monroe County. “We have to change the hearts and the minds of the young people and their families. Together, we can stop this violence when we take a stand. ....
City Councilmember and Mayoral Candidate Malik Evans. Mayoral candidate Malik Evans is proposing several policies that would, if enacted, address the need for youth development and peer mediation programs, as well as bolster support for the Teen Court program. The proposals, named the Youth Opportunity Agenda, were the first that Evans has unveiled as part of his primary campaign against Mayor Lovely Warren. He announced them Thursday at a news conference at the Douglass Auditorium on King Street. Evans called his plan a “compact with the community,” and he emphasized the importance of creating programs that help connect students with employment opportunities. He believes if students are kept busy, they will not have time to become involved in drugs or violence. ....