A group of community safety advocates is working together to curb violence in Cincinnati.
The coalition of activists will walk the streets twice a week to connect with residents, sharing links to resources and having important conversations in the community.
“The number one goal is about really showing a presence,” said Ozie Davis, an Avondale resident and activist.
The group gathered Monday in Avondale to walk down Reading Road.
They wore shirts representing different organizations but had the same goal: addressing violence across the city.
“One group, one entity,” Michelle Robinson, a community outreach advocate with the Urban League. “Hopefully everybody will follow suit.”
“If they need a job, we’ll have job resources,” Davis said. “If they need mental health services, we’ll have trauma ambassadors.”
Davis said the group utilized this same approach for two years starting in 2015, with the help of Cincinnati police.
“We were attacking crime hotspots, and we saw a decrease in those hotspots,” he said.