City Paper: D.C.’s New Violence Intervention Programs Are Earning Respect in Neighborhoods
Emotions ran high in a room full of people who gathered last December to talk about the spike in homicides in D.C.
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Washington Informer: Anti-Violence Program Creator to Receive Georgetown Legacy Award
Hawah Kasat, co-founder and executive director of One Common Unity (OCU), is the recipient of Georgetown University’s 17th annual John Thompson Legacy of a Dream Award.
WUSA9: ‘Violence interrupters’ work to keep DC streets safer
They’re on the front lines, talking and listening to those who might be close to pulling the trigger.
Robin Berkley, Julie Lonardo and Jhae Thompson in The Post: Changing a violent landscape
TaQuan Pinkney was a determined, positive young man who was getting ready to start college. Though he did everything he could to steer clear of violence, he could not escape the reality of his Ward 8 neighborhood and circumstances far out…
Mark Bergel in The Post: The start of ending violence
For those truly paying attention to violence in our country — the violence occurring daily in the streets and communities where our most vulnerable citizens live — this summer has brought what past summers have: an increase in violent crime…
jonetta rose barras: Ending violence by example
“Despite all the good things and people in my life, I have been greatly affected by violence in my young years,” said Talayia Richardson, a student at DC Public Schools’ Wheatley Education Campus. “Growing up in Washington, DC, I have seen…