Thursday, September 19, 2019

Street Corner Resources Calls for Community Engagement and an End to Gun Violence After Harlem Shootings



By Gary Glennell Toms 

Harlem, New York - On September 18, Street Corner Resources, community activists and residents took part in rally calling for an end to gun violence. The rally was in held in the wake a shooting that occurred a few days earlier on 145th Street, between Malcolm X Boulevard and Lenox Avenue. The victims are recovering at a nearby hospital.

Three months earlier, the anti-violence organization and community members gathered at the corner of the site where the killing of Leroy Phinazee occurred. Attendees urged calm and restraint and denounced other acts of violence that have taken place.

According to a report published in the New York Daily News, "Phinazee was ambushed from behind as he walked into the Funfair Deli on Lenox Ave. at W. 137th St. by a hooded gunman just past 7 p.m. on Monday, cops said."

"We cannot, we cannot, we cannot normalize violence of any kind, and especially gun violence," said Street Corner Resources founder and CEO Iesha Sekou.  
 

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