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Join New York Statewide Faith Leaders Summit on Gun Violence in Rochester NY, where we will take an all-day dive on topics including: Holding the Gun Industry Accountable; Educating Community Members on Gun Laws from Various Jurisdictions Across New York State. BRADY National Gun Trace Data Report Community Engagement, Strategic Doing, Outreach & Partnering From […]

If you are looking for help with a young person that is a family member or friend who is involved with gangs contact Pathways to Peace. If you know of a dispute between youth you can also get in contact with Pathways to Peace via text. You can text or call Pathways to Peace (585) 314-8666. […]

A Virginia teacher was shot by a 6-year-old student Friday afternoon. The shooting happened after the teacher tried to take the gun from the 6-year-old. There were students in the classroom when it happened investigators are still trying to figure out what led up to the shooting. The student was taken into custody. https://www.google.com/amp/s/nypost.com/2023/01/09/abby-zwerner-shot-by-6-year-old-as-she-tried-to-confiscate-gun/amp/

Faith Leaders Roundtable, Pastors on Point, Faith Alliance, & Baptist Minister’s Alliance, are working together to help Stop Gun Violence. The Town Hall meeting will be on Thursday, October 6th from 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM at Mt. Olivet Baptist Church, 141 Adams Street. One of the main topics of discussion will be the Dangerousness […]

City of Rochester Mayor Malik Evans has declared a State of Emergency due to gun violence on Thursday. The proclamation comes after five people were shot in two separate shootings earlier this week. The shootings were within hours of each other and resulted in Rochester’s 40th and 41st homicides of 2022. Both shootings took place […]

We are living in an interesting time in United States history because of, well many reasons but one is safety. When going out in public or working in customer service where you have to face people safety is a concern. With the uptick in mass shootings, violence, and drug use people and businesses are taking […]

According to the National Shooting Sports Foundation, a firearms trade association gun sales for Black Americans rose 58 percent in 2020. It was the highest bump in gun sales of any ethnic group that year. In the first quarter of 2021, another NSSF report revealed 90 percent of gun retailers reported a general increase of […]

Ohio’s governor Mike DeWine just signed a bill into law Monday allowing Ohio school district employees to be armed. The law will require school district employees to have up to 24 hours of training  and 8 hours annual. The Ohio governor has also announced several other school safety measures and included a $100 million dollar […]

In Rochester, the past 48 hours have been very difficult because of the violence. We are seeing and experiencing violence in a way we have never before. We now have the highest amount of homicides we have ever had in this city. This is tough to understand and even harder to deal with. So where […]

On Wednesday afternoon New York State Police investigators raided a home on Woodman Park Drive in Rochester, NY. Local news outlets were quick to point out that the residence belongs to Mayor Lovely Warren. During the raid, the Mayor’s husband Tim Granison was taken into custody, and the media firestorm began. Granison, 42 was arraigned […]