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LOUISVILLE, Ky. The Future Healers Program was created to help the youth throughout Louisville affected by violence in their neighborhoods navigate the trauma of violence and to hopefully inspire them to build a better future for themselves and their community.
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The Future Healers pilot program kicked off on July 24
Two dozen ambassadors ages 4 to 13 were introduced to the program
Future Healers ambassadors were able to participate in different activities and tour an outpatient operating room
According to a weekly homicide report, there have been a total of 108 homicides and 66 suicides in Louisville in 2021 as of July 18.
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. After nearly losing her life, one 17-year-old Kentuckian is speaking out about her experience with gun violence.
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On June 7, Victoria Gwynn was shot after a gunman opened fire at Ballard Park
The Gwynn family is no stranger to gun violence, having lost their son Chrsitian to a drive-by shooting in December 2019
Victoria was treated at UofL Health and is still receiving follow up care
Future Healers program helps children build a better future
June 7 is a day that Victoria Gwynn will never forget.
“It was really just like a normal day for me. I went to work, got off work to go see a friend, just to spend time with that friend and not even 40 minutes of me being with that friend, it s like my whole world turned upside down,” Victoria said.
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Activist Christopher 2X and two University of Louisville surgeons have been invited by Sen. Rand Paul to visit Washington, D.C., to talk about a program that steers children affected by gun violence into medicine.
The program, Future Healers, a collaboration between Christopher 2X s Game Changers organization and U of L Health, is a response to the rising gun violence in Louisville and across the country. The program has begun its pilot phase with roughly two dozen children participating, according to Carolyn Callahan, manager of media at U of L Health. They hear about the hurt, they know that the hospital treats the hurt, but now we re starting to create some hope, 2X said. It doesn t stop the bleed, it doesn t stop shootings, but some hope.
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