Philadelphia students 'scared to go to school' as gun violence escalates

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Philadelphia has seen 41 victims under the age of 18 die from gun violence so far this year, according to the city officials.

"The PTSD from the kids ... a lot of kids are refusing to go to school. I am seeing a lot of crisis calls and getting a lot of calls from students who are losing their friends left and right," Williams said.

"I think that the dynamics need to be changed," she added."I think there needs to be a lot more programs offered. I think there needs to be a lot more safe havens, a lot more availability to mental health professionals for these young people to have the option to speak with them and feel safe."from gun violence so far this year, according to the City of Philadelphia's Office of the Controller.

Philadelphia City Council member Kenyatta Johnson helped create the Special Committee on Gun Violence Prevention in 2017 to fight gun violence throughout Philly. He is now the chairman of the committee.North Philadelphia educators gather for a press conference, Oct. 22, 2021, following a recent shooting in the area.

"We have to invest in areas that have had a lack of investment over the past several years, so making sure we have quality after-school programs, quality job opportunities for young people, addressing mental health, to trauma care and trauma informed services, those are key areas that we're gonna be focusing in going into the new year," Johnson said.

 

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He should whistle for a cab, with dice on the mirror. Then instruct the driver: “Yo homes to Bel Aire”

pity there is absolutely no way to solve this problem, no way to make anti gun laws, or checks at point of sale, or any number of other ways to take guns of the street, no, there is nothing we know of that can be done.......

Black on black crime kills more kids than Covid.

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