Umoja Youth Peace Corps mentioned in Billy penn's Weekly brief on gun violence prevention (with PCGVR)

We (Billy Penn) publish this report each week in partnership with the Philadelphia Center for Gun Violence Reporting at the Community College of Philadelphia. 

• West Philly’s House of Umoja — a longtime local player in violence prevention — has started a youth peace corps to help young people learn strategies for shifting the culture of gun violence in their peer groups. [BP 2020/WHYY]
• The first-ever Credible Messenger Film Festival kicks off Sunday at the Cope House at Awbury Arboretum in Germantown, and it’s free to attend. [PCGVR]
• Northwest Philly anti-violence groups, who say red tape and poor communication are big impediments to putting ideas into action, met with local lawmakers to address those issues. [WHYY]
• Jamal Johnson, the retired Marine who went on hunger strike asking Mayor Kenney to declare a gun violence emergency (he didn’t), is on an anti-violence walk from Philly to DC. [Billy Penn x 2/6ABC]...

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