ROOT (Reaching Out to Others Together), Inc.
2905 11th Street, NW, Suite 207 Washington, DC 20001
Office (202)
332-ROOT/Toll Free (866) 570-ROOT/Fax (202) 332-8250
www.ROOTInc.org
ROOTInc@ROOTInc.org
“Too many lives are being lost; too many
victims injured, and too many communities are being held hostage to this
systemic and endemic tide of violence.
As a government, and as a community, we must begin to offer proactive,
rather than reactive, alternatives.”
-Kenneth
E. Barnes, Sr., MS
**FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE
Contact: Priscilla Clarke (202)
723-2200
September 7, 2006
MEDIA ADVISORY
ROOT INC AND WASHINGTON, DC
CHAPTER OF NATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF BLACK LAW ENFORCEMENT EXECUTIVES (NOBLE) , SPONSOR ANACOSTIA HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS GOVERNMENT CLASS FIELD
TRIP TO CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS ACTIVITIES
Who: ROOT, the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement
Executives, and Anacostia
High School.
What: Annual Congressional Black Caucus
Where: Washington
Convention Center
Why: Washington,
DC, has been declared a state of
emergency due to increased incidents of violence and homicide. ROOT, with the support of the office of the
Deputy Mayor for Children, Youth, Families, and Elders, is doing a series of
activities designed to be proactive in reducing incidents of violence by and
among our youth. Anacostia
High School is a school in Southeast Washington that has been in the center of
violent episodes in preceding years, including the highly publicized murder of
Devin Fowlkes in 2004. Two separate classes will be
picked up by bus and taken to the convention center where they will see
firsthand workshops and seminars sponsored by CBC and be
taken by CBC staffers to various events.
When: Thursday, September 7 and Friday, September 8.
Press
Info: Priscilla Clarke (pclarkepr@aol.com) Clarke &
Associates @ Tel. 202-723-2200 or visit www.clarkepr.com
ROOT Info: Ava Harrison (avaharrison@rootinc.org) ROOT Inc. @ Tel. 202-332-7668
or visit www.rootinc.org
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