Powerful portraits line the walkway at Boston's Seaport Common, sharing the faces and stories of people who have experienced trauma, incarceration and racism, as well as the moments they became 'uncornered.'
"Nothing that we do will bring him back to his friends and family, and I take extremely seriously and extremely personally what happens in our community to our young people," said Boston Mayor Michelle Wu."It's completely unacceptable that anyone would feel the need to pick up a weapon in Boston, so we are fighting every day to do all we can to interrupt, stop, prevent violence, and we know that means stabilizing communities as a whole.
The Boston Police Department has been participating in the Safe and Successful Youth Initiative since 2011. Working with the Boston Public Health Commission, the police department identifies people ages 17 to 24 who have committed, and often been the victim of, gun and gang violence, connecting them with SSYI outreach workers.
Tuesday, during a Boston City Council Public Safety and Criminal Justice Committee hearing regarding a $3 million grant to fund SSYI in 2023, Director Roy Martin said while other crime prevention initiatives have come and gone, SSYI has withstood the test of time. "One data point we look at is the most likely person to kill or be killed is about 30 years old, so we're really trying to pay attention to each developmental increment in a human being's life," said Martin."We try to focus on the persons who exhibit the highest risk in communities, the highest level of activity," he said."There's no way to verify that without the BPD.
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