Young people from the Southern Movement Committee are calling on Metro Council to invest $10 million in youth safety programs as gun violence continues to affect Nashville teens.
The youth advocates marched one by one to the microphone during Tuesday night’s Metro Council meeting, making their case for full funding of what they call the “varsity spending plan.”
“It makes me excited. It makes me know that there’s hope for the future, especially when kids come together and they tell their parents, their parents, tell their parents, kids, and all that,” said 17-year-old Kiyah Inmon. “It makes me excited to see that we have hope and we definitely make change.”…