Youth Villages launches $60 million gun violence reduction initiative
Youth Villages is starting an ambitious new initiative, Memphis Allies, aimed at making a dent in the local gun violence problem. (Daily Memphian file)
Memphis Allies, a gun violence reduction initiative, has launched through Youth Villages and hopes to reach 2,000 youth and adults over the next four years to get them out of the life of gun violence. The $60 million initiative has launched first in the Raleigh-Frayser area.
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Yolanda Jones covers criminal justice issues and general assignment news for The Daily Memphian. She previously was a reporter at The Commercial Appeal.
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