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YOUNGSTOWN The Community Initiative to Reduce Violence hosted a gun violence call-in program on Thursday at Youngstown Municipal Court.
The program is focused on addressing people who have been involved in violence, including those on probation or who have had other run-ins with law enforcement.
Guy Burney, director of CIRV, said if there aren t interventions now, some people might soon become another violence causality statistic in the city.
Police are battling a surge of gun violence. On Wednesday night, the Youngstown Police Department responded to a report of gunfire at West Boston Avenue and Idlewood Avenue. A man who was found in a shot-up vehicle was declared dead at the scene.
CIRV hosts intervention program to deter gun violence
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Community Initiative to Reduce Gun Violence hosts call-in for at risk young men
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The Rev. Lewis W. Macklin
Juneteenth is now a federal holiday that has been long celebrated on June 19 to commemorate the emancipation of enslaved people in America.
The holiday was first recognized in Galveston Texas, where on that date in 1865, in the aftermath of the Civil War, enslaved people received the notification that they were declared free under the terms of the 1862 Emancipation Proclamation.
While we celebrate and commemorate, let’s commit to educate and enlighten ourselves as to the importance of this new national holiday. On the occasion of Juneteenth, please enjoy the Hairspray’s rendition “I Know Where I ve Been” performed by Cliffe College of Creative Arts & DANA School of Music at Youngstown State University’s Jaron LeGrair and Voices of YSU accompanied by Jack Ciarniello.