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Food, clothing drive held in Allentown ahead of winter

Mon, 16 Dec 2019 16:01:00 GMT

Source: WFMZ ( Link )

Originally published December 16, 2019

ALLENTOWN, Pa. – A food and clothing drive in Allentown Sunday afternoon aimed to make sure homeless in the community are stocked up for the winter.

People and local organizations came out to the 400 block of Martin Luther King Drive.

The donations were distributed to people who live in the so-called tent city in that area.

“Winter clothes, blankets, hats, gloves, scarves. We got hot food for them. We have canned food for them. We have bottles of water,” said Christina Smith, with Operation Address the Homeless of the Lehigh Valley.

The group says they accept donations yearround.

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‘Stop The Violence’ Block Party Held In Allentown After 29 People Shot Over This Summer

Tue, 20 Aug 2019 14:48:00 GMT

Source: WLVT/PBS39 ( Link )

Originally published August 20, 2019

It’s been called the ‘’summer of violence.’’ Nearly thirty people have been shot since June 1st in Allentown. As PBS39’s Megan Frank reports, the community came together on Sunday for an anti-violence block party at Stevens Park, even asking gang members to show up and speak out about ending the violence. Visit the Allentown Music Scene Facebook page to learn how to get involved in activities for youth.

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Free music, food, back to school supplies at Stop the Violence event at Allentown’s Stevens Park

Fri, 16 Aug 2019 14:52:00 GMT

Source: Morning Call ( Link )

Originally published August 16, 2019

Local music artists will join members of several community groups in a Stop the Violence block party event planned Sunday at Stevens Park in Allentown that will feature free food, music and back-to-school supplies.

The “Guns Down, Gloves Up,” block party was coordinated through a youth-driven campaign and donations that include back-to-school giveaways, free food, a basketball tournament and music performances by local DJs, rappers and singers.

The music acts will include performances by hip-hop artists Sunny George and Fitted Kub who last year produced a song “Something’s Gotta Give” and video that was released as part of a social media campaign to launch a #StoptheViolence Movement in Allentown . Also performing will be Wavegod Frio, an Easton-based rapper who was once the victim of violence five years ago when he was shot in the neck in Allentown.

Besides the music, the event will feature speakers including Hasshan Batts, executive director of Promise Neighborhoods of the Lehigh Valley. Last month, Promise Neighborhoods held the Walk for Life where hundreds of residents, activists and police and city officials walked several blocks in the city calling for a peaceful August.

Planning for Sunday’s event began in the midst of a summer of violence that has seen 27 people hit by gunfire in Allentown since the beginning of June. Two people have been killed during the summer, the most recent on Aug. 1 when a 27-year-old man who was firing into the air and then pointed the gun at responding officers, who returned fire and killed him in the 500 block of North Fifth Street.

Manuel Gamiz Jr. is a former crime and breaking news reporter for The Morning Call.

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Allentown musicians launch Stop the Violence movement song

Tue, 16 Oct 2018 14:54:00 GMT

Source: WFMZ ( Link )

Originally published October 18, 2018

A group of Allentown musicians is working on changing the world starting at home. They’ve launched a movement called Stop the Violence and wrote a song called Something’s Gotta Give to spread the message. WFMZ’s Jaciel Cordoba spoke with them on 69 News at Sunrise.

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Youth & Gang Violence in the Lehigh Valley

Wed, 28 Feb 2018 15:57:00 GMT

Source: WLVT/PBS39 ( Link )

Originally published February 28, 2019

PBS39’s special report on youth and gang violence in the Lehigh Valley takes a closer look at the murder of a 17-year-old Allentown boy, Kareem Fedd, and several other teen homicides across the region.

The volume of violent and gang-related teen deaths started a conversation here at PBS39, leading us to ask: What is being done to stop youth violence and gang activity in our communities? To help answer that question, the series includes voices from Stop the Violence, the Easton Area Community Center, the Allentown Police Youth Division and the Lehigh County Gang Task Force.

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