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Tahoe Women s Community Fund grants 14 non-profits with total of $100,000

The Tahoe Women’s Community Fund (TWCF) has announced its 2021 grant recipients. This year, 14 non-profit organizations in the South Shore Community were funded for a total of $100,000. Normally the funds are handed out during a Grants Gala, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic and restrictions, it has been canceled. It its place will be a virtual presentation over a two-week period, starting around May 20. Project summaries of all recipients are available on the TWCF website, tahoewomenscommunityfund.org. Focus Grant Recipients in the category of Poverty, Housing, or Basic Needs): • Tahoe Coalition for the Homeless (Project Prevent & Connect – $10,000) • Tahoe Prosperity Center (Housing Tahoe Partnership – $10,000)

FACT SHEET: More Details on the Biden-Harris Administration s Investments in Community Violence Interventions

Cities across the country are experiencing a historic spike in homicides, violence that is greatest in racially segregated, high-poverty neighborhoods. Black men make up 6% of the population but over 50% of gun homicide victims. Black women, Latinos, and Native Americans are also disproportionately impacted. The loss of life has devasting consequences for family members and cascading harms for communities. As just one example, research shows that exposure to firearm violence including as a victim or witness makes it twice as likely an adolescent will commit a violent act within two years.  But there is reason to be optimistic. We know that a relatively small number of people are involved in urban gun violence, whether as perpetrators or victims. There are proven community violence intervention (CVI) strategies for reducing gun violence through tools other than incarceration. For example, violence interruption programs deploy trusted messengers work directly with individuals most

Biden takes on Gun Violence Public Health Epidemic – Soldier of Fortune Magazine

  Below are the statements actions taken by the White House unedited. Incredibly, the truth according to Biden/Harris, omits “facts” not convenient, includes “facts” that fit the Woke agenda. The identities or radical agendas of recent shooters and identities of victims of recent shootings mentioned is excluded. The fact that the push to defund police and going soft on crimes by lawbreakers is in large part responsible for spikes in crime is ignored. Immediately after the Boulder mass shooting, Biden exploited the tragedy: Today, the Biden-Harris Administration is announcing six initial actions to address the gun violence public health epidemic. The recent high-profile mass shootings in Boulder – taking the lives of 10 individuals – and Atlanta – taking the lives of eight individuals, including six Asian American women – underscored the relentlessness of this epidemic. Gun violence takes lives and leaves a lasting legacy of trauma in communities every single

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