Violence Prevention

Open Letter to City of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County Public Safety Departments, Prosecutor's Office along with Civilian Review Board While homicide rates have declined in recent years, many families across Pittsburgh and Allegheny County are still waiting for justice. There are unresolved gun-violence cases, some years, even decades old, that remain unanswered. For the families who lost loved ones, time has not brought healing, only silence. Cold cases leaves a family waiti

The culture of violence in America has caused deep and lasting damage to the psychological development of young Black boys. From an early age, many are exposed to thousands of hours of violent imagery—television shows, movies, and video games that glorify gun violence, warfare, and domination. The Influence of Media and Imagery Gangster films, cowboy movies, violent war narratives, and negative hip-hop lyrics often romanticize aggression and present violence as: Power Masculi