At the ICAN Women’s Leadership Conference this May, attendees will hold robust discussions about women uplifting each other, working together and moving the dial at downtown Omaha s CHI Health Center.
Willie Barney remembers when the trust between the community and police shattered during the height of gang and gun violence in 2007 in Omaha, Neb., when there were 246 shootings in the city that year.
"There was very little trust and very little communication in both directions," Barney said.
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Omaha community organizations, police and faith leaders have been stepping up their regular violence prevention efforts, trying to prevent a recent spate of shootings from becoming a wave.