COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL)— Saturday afternoon, residents of the Columbus community joined together alongside a plethora of non-profit members and civic groups to talk crime. It was the first forum in a month-long series, WRBL was the only media in attendance.
“Violence starts in the home, in the neighborhood.” Dr. J Aleem Hud, CEO of Project Rebound Inc. and Chair of “A Call to Action,” a community violence intervention program, said.
Dr. Hud. says instead of leaning on law enforcement to clean up crime, heads of households and neighborhood leaders need to step up.
“At the end of the day we’re saying, ‘what do you mama, what do you daddy, uncle, aunties, neighbors, friends, concerned citizens, what do you need in order to help the children not go down this path of mayhem and destruction?’,” Dr. Hud shared.
“A Call to Action” held its first town hall Saturday at Revelation Missionary Baptist Church. Residents were given the opportunity to address a panel of local civic leaders with specific needs or concerns with the end goal of producing solutions and a formal letter to be distributed to law enforcement, educations, business leaders, and government officials.