Local event links mental health awareness with emergency care to empower families

Rochester, N.Y. (WHAM) — The Rochester African American Firearms Association (RAAFA) hosted a “Stop The Bleed” course in partnership with the Monroe County Family Coalition.

Rochelle Fields of Rochester brought her daughter to Loretta Johnson Middle School on Friday evening, where dozens discussed mental health and emergency preparedness.

“I think having kids in school, and the violence in the schools, the gun violence,” said Fields, of why she attended the class. “I have kids currently in high school and thinking, maybe they need to learn, you know, how to deal with this as well.”…

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