TRUCE - Group organizes ''Stop the Violence Day''
by NAYABA ARINDE
Amsterdam News Editor
Originally posted 6/12/2008
“Don’t have a press conference—just cut the check for the money that’s already been allocated,” activist Erica Ford demanded of elected officials overseeing funds for a number of grassroots organizations.
Be relevant, be supportive, be proactive in bringing a solution to a citywide problem, that is the message Ford and a handful of community and hip-hop activists demanded of elected officials, community residents, business leaders and young people, as they called for a citywide day of peace—a “truce” will be called on July 20.
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