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Tag: D.C. gun violence

Chasity Thurston, Armani Green and River Jones stand in front of Rocketship Rise Academy on Raynolds Place SE in D.C. on Nov. 14 and read monologues they prepared under the tutelage of Britney Ayala, their arts and drama teacher. Each monologue touched on themes of violence and how young people use their voices to compel change. (Courtesy of Glen Gordon Jr.)
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Students at Rocketship Rise Academy Demand End to Gun Violence

by Sam P.K. CollinsNovember 15, 2023November 15, 2023

Rocketship Rise Academy teachers, parents, and staff, along with government officials, recently took to the streets in a show of solidarity with the nearby Woodland Terrace Public Housing community after stray bullets struck the walls and shattered the windows of the school.

Charles Holton of Play 4 Lyfe speaks during the S.M.A.R.T. Collaborative's Stop the Violence Youth Summit at THEARC in southeast D.C. on Aug. 13. (Robert R. Roberts/The Washington Informer)
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Hundreds of Young People, Adults Pour Their Hearts Out at Youth Summit

by Sam P.K. CollinsAugust 15, 2023August 15, 2023
Washington Commanders President Jason Wright and Digital Pioneers Founder Mashea Ashton hold a check for a $75,000 donation from the team to start a football program at the school. (Courtesy of Washington Commanders Media Relations)
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Commanders Make Donation to D.C. School’s Football Program, Aim to Help Combat Gun Violence

by Ed HillJune 21, 2023July 16, 2024
Donnetta Wilson, the mother of the late Makiyah Wilson, stands next to a cutout board figure of the child who was murdered on July 16, 2018, in the Clay Terrace community in Northeast. The D.C. Council approved a resolution that ceremoniously designates the 300 block of 53rd Street in Northeast as "Makiyah Wilson Way." (Courtesy photo)
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A Street to Soon be Named in Makiyah Wilson’s Honor

by Sam P.K. CollinsJune 12, 2023July 7, 2023
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser takes notes during her Public Safety Summit at the District Emergency Operations Center in Washington, D.C., on May 10, 2023. (Shedrick Pelt/The Washington Informer)
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Mayor’s Public Safety Summit Focuses on Illegal Guns

by Sam P.K. CollinsMay 11, 2023May 11, 2023
Harris "Pappy" Bates (second from left), son of Gillian Bates (right), survived the 2000 Easter Monday Family Day shooting at the National Zoo. Tyrone Parker (second from right) united Gillian Bates and Linda Grimes-Jones, mother of Harris Bates' shooter, and supports their efforts to address gun violence in D.C. (Lafayette Barnes IV/The Washington Informer)
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Twenty-Three Years Later, Two Mothers Carry on Healing Journey

by Sam P.K. CollinsMay 10, 2023May 11, 2023
Tia Bell of T.R.I.G.G.E.R. Project, a gun violence prevention organization focused on public health and youth development, conducts an assembly at SEED Public Charter School during Youth Violence Prevention Week. (Courtesy of Straight to the Point Media)
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As Council Committee Embraces SROs, a Grassroots Organization Touts Different Approach to Gun Violence

by Sam P.K. CollinsApril 25, 2023April 26, 2023
D.C. Council member Zachary Parker expressed concerns that funds are often being spread too thinly across District public schools, much to the detriment of families living in Wards 5, 7 and 8. (Courtesy photo)
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D.C. Council Member Parker Targets Gun Manufacturers in New Legislation

by Sam P.K. CollinsApril 12, 2023April 12, 2023
After examining the footage, the New York Times reported that Memphis police officers issued a barrage of confusing, conflicting commands when working to arrest Tyre Nichols, who they fatally beat on Jan. 7. Nichols died from his injuries Jan. 10. (Screenshot of video from Memphis Police Department)
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Sick and Tired

by WI Web EditorFebruary 8, 2023February 8, 2023
After outrage over the fatal shooting of 13-year-old Karon Blake, his alleged killer, Jason Michael Lewis, a D.C. Department of Parks and Recreation employee, turned himself in and has been charged with second-degree murder. (Courtesy photo)
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Jason Lewis Identified as Karon Blake’s Alleged Killer, Charged with Second-Degree Murder

by Sam P.K. CollinsJanuary 31, 2023February 1, 2023

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