On November 13, Street Corner Resources, a Harlem-based gun violence prevention organization, organized a community response to a shooting that injured a 7-year-old girl earlier that week. Two teenagers were charged with attempted murder in connection with the shooting, which occurred outside a Starbucks location on the corner of 145th Street and Bradhurst Avenue.
At around 4:30 p.m., staff and youth participants in the organization gathered at the corner to speak out against the violence, and invited community members to join them. These shooting responses are part of a range of strategies the organization uses to combat the normalization of violence in the community.
“I’m feeling hopeful, because our young people — I think they sincerely made a commitment to stay away from guns and gangs, and to be an active person in their community,” said Street Corner CEO Iesha Sekou after the event.
Learn more about Street Corner Resources by reading our profile of the organization from earlier this year. Here are some photos from the event.
