ROOT (Reaching Out to Others Together), Inc.
Wednesday, December 19, 2006 AT 11AM
WPFW, 89.3 FM RADIO
TO
AIR BROADCAST OF ANACOSTIA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AND DEPARTMENT OF YOUTH
REHABILITATIVE SERVICES (DYRS) YOUTH FORUM “BY THE YOUTH FOR THE
YOUTH ABOUT THE YOUTH” CONVENED DECEMBER 11, 2006
WHAT: ROOT,
Inc, in partnership with WPFW Radio, WPGC Radio the Emergency Management
Agency, the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Children, Youth, Family and Elders,
Psychological Assessment Services (PAS), US Trans, and AMERIGROUP hosted a Youth
Forum at Anacostia Senior High School. Anacostia students
and youth from the Department of Youth Rehabilitative Services (DYRS)
voiced their collective opinions solutions on the following issues addressed to
a panel of senior officials of the District of Columbia government: gun
violence within the community; increased youth violence; school violence; and
emergency preparedness.
WHY: The
first mayoral debate in 2006 was held at UDC in January of last year. Anacostia students, along with high school
students throughout the city, participated in a mock election at the end of the
debate, voted and overwhelmingly elected the Honorable Adrian Fenty as the next
Mayor of the city along with The Honorable Vincent Gray as the new DC City
Council Chair. The youth now would like
them and others in authority to attend and address their concerns and
assist them in finding solutions to the problems that they reveal about their
school and communities.
With the outbreak of gun violence in
Carver Terrace and the Langston Community, students are extremely concerned
about their safety, preventing similar occurrences in the Anacostia community
and wish their concerns addressed in a public forum.
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WHO:
ROOT, Inc.; WPFW
WHEN: TOMORROW,
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 11AM
WHERE: WPFW 89.3 FM
RADIO
VOTE KENNY BARNES FOR
VOLVO FOR LIFE AWARD
http://www.volvoforlifeawards.com/cgi-bin/iowa/english/vote/index.html
CLICK DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ON MAP
02-10-2006
- Make Gun Violence Prevention a Priority : Senator Carl Levin: News Release
http://www.senate.gov/~levin/newsroom/release.cfm?id=25145
PRESS INFO: Priscilla at (pclarkepr@aol) Clarke
& Associates, LLC, Tel. 202-723-2200 or visit www.clarkepr.com
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