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Teens in This Small Indiana City Want to Talk About Shootings. Adults Are Listening.

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By Josiah Bates Verified
| The Trace Verified
The Trace “Stand up if you know someone who’s been affected by community violence,” Dr. Khalid Griffin prompted the group of Fort Wayne high schoolers. Almost all 60 teenagers who had been seated in the center of the downtown church stood up. The teens, a predominantly Black group of students, were selected as part of a youth program that does violence prevention work with local high schools.
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Chicago Mayor Launches Office of Gun Violence Reduction

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By Josiah Bates Verified
| The Trace Verified
The Trace Less than a week after multiple shootings on Chicago’s South Side left eight people dead and dozens injured during the Juneteenth holiday, Mayor Brandon Johnson is announcing a new effort to make the city’s violence prevention work more permanent. Today, Johnson signed an executive order to create the Office of Gun Violence Reduction, which will coordinate violence prevention programs across the city from inside the mayor’s office.
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In the Wake of ICE Shootings, Minneapolis Outreach Workers Steel for Summer Violence

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By Josiah Bates Verified
| The Trace Verified
The Trace Violence interrupters depend on trust. Their job is built around relationships with victims, families, and people at risk of shooting someone or being shot themselves. These relationships take credibility and years to build, but it doesn’t take much to upend them. While federal immigration agents flooded the Twin Cities earlier this year as part of Operation Metro Surge, some violence interrupters found themselves responding to the fear and confusion surrounding the deployment.
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