[BwayDems] Youth Violence: Coming Together and Taking Collective Action

[Council Member Melissa Mark-Viverito]

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News from Melissa Mark-Viverito
Council Member, District 8

November 6, 2011
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Coming Together and Taking Collective Action on Youth Violence
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Dear Friends:

The Daily News published an article today [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=qyj9msgab&et=1108514718248&s=119&e=001BdgGp7nDc8CyZoZzE51qVIZlS51Z6oOM5jJuYiitKeXxVtaHvLMZOe9tfcKNTODCKYF9U_1Gy59yuJVPcMHI9nbpQFes0m64IkFwyV0-MM_hcgzp0ip4mlnZFMk6Jzy-UtL93DbtDnnz117G7n4-dKBgEoPi93UJqk1Vii463zjZxF8fDFugJzLZhtc-9EkeB1NMBxD_50EhgIthuklSdvpP-SdaOWzhAdpwzH7jiX4M1v-g5KYOih0ov2Cw5uq-]
about a stray bullet that hit my car while I was driving up 3rd Avenue this September.
 Thankfully, nothing happened to me or my mother that night.  But the fact that 
the shooter was a 16-year-old young man again reinforces the need for our entire
 community to come together and collectively take action to prevent more young people
from turning to gangs and gun violence.  That is why we convened and are facilitating
the El Barrio/East Harlem Youth Violence Task Force [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=qyj9msgab&et=1108514718248&s=119&e=001BdgGp7nDc8D76j1RU78ZCQjUQt9z9bIhzk4chFhI8QUhUSRgQFEJjwxVJOT7T-s9p6remBnJcrZDkOSoGVllnlN2iRfH8E5xZufrMIaSv0rxOyxwp0Uhba5uKsKtWFyfNrqrEwww9wA=],
a collaborative of community organizations and elected officials working to curb
 violence in our community through the development of positive alternatives.

Although the incident I was unknowingly involved in, in retrospect, was truly scary,
unnerving, and extremely unfortunate, it is in no way a reflection of our youth 
or who we are as a community.  To me it is indicative of a greater challenge before
us.  That young man, out on the street at 10:30 pm, carrying a gun and aiming to
 shoot someone, was surely let down by many people along the way, and that saddens
me.  It is an "all hands on deck" moment for our community and our city.  We all
 have a role to play, and that is the message of the Youth Violence Task Force. 
 We can't stand idly by while we are losing a generation of our youth.  Young people
and the community as a whole want to pro-actively be part of dialogue to arrive 
at sensible and effective strategies and solutions.
This Thursday, the Youth Violence Task Force will release its official platform,
 which is a direct result of our community discussions and other meetings with young
people, who shared with us their ideas about how we should all work together as 
a community to reduce violence in our neighborhood.  The release of this report 
is only the beginning, as the Task Force will move on to more action-oriented next
steps that will directly engage young people and the entire community in anti-violence
efforts.
As a proud member of our community, I did not take lightly my decision to go to 
the press with this story.  I feared that it might reinforce the notion that our
 neighborhood is a dangerous place, when clearly, violent incidents are the exception,
and not the rule.  However, I also thought it was important to draw attention to
 the hard work that our community has been doing on tackling the issue of youth 
violence.

Please stay tuned to my blog (www.mmviverito.com [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=qyj9msgab&et=1108514718248&s=119&e=001BdgGp7nDc8AaBUgsTpfLa_JyEIbeQhcRPX78s7CPQC9e4Afxar-nSdbPGGe3fEQ9MlaDEA47YdeM_PXeC9Jc0NnxQ7ndqgSNwyKutHqwFBo2xFz2VGhdjQ==])
for the latest on the El Barrio/East Harlem Youth Violence Task Force, and check
 back on Thursday for the release of the platform.  Thank you as always for your
 support.

Sincerely,
Melissa Mark-Viverito
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