The first of the two-day Gun Violence Youth Prevention Summit happened Thursday evening in Kalamazoo.
The summit aims to attract youth who want to work together to organize, collaborate and promote solutions for gun violence in the community.
Gun Violence Youth Prevention Summit in Kalamazoo aims to lessen community gun violence
“So, we started off with a brief introduction, gave some shoutouts to our supporters and then we did survivors stories, held a moment of silence. And then additionally, gave space to shout out names for those who weren’t comfortable talking about survivor stories,” KYD Network Youth Leadership Coordinator Genesis Griffin explained. “After that, we split into small group workshops, which were identified by the audience. They were home, school, community and social media as avenues of gun violence that we want to work on…building prevention strategies for.”
FOX 17 Participating organizations include Forever 22 Naya J. Reynolds Foundation, Moms Demand Action, Arcus Center for Social Justice, Great Lakes PeaceJam and Kalamazoo Youth Development Network.