The School District of Beloit will host a free event titled Breaking The Stigma on Mental Health from 6 - 8 p.m. Thursday, March 21 at Fruzen Middle School, 2600
Triggered by the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, cities across the United States collectively saw a 30% increase in homicides between 2019 and 2020. That percentage was twice as high in Toledo, where poverty rates – closely linked to violent crime – are more than double the national average. Toledo saw 61 homicides in 2020,
"Unless the administration allows people that are to be doing what they do to do, it'll be another six months and it'll be someone else," Cerssandra McPherson said.
The program, which currently serves in the Junction/Englewood part of central Toledo, will also be brought to Lagrange in north Toledo and the east side.