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District attorneys from across the state joined with community organizers and police to share plans for violence prevention that will be supported by $2 million in grants from the state.
Roca, the Chelsea-based nonprofit focused on violence intervention, had spent years planning to move its Boston headquarters on Albany Street to a new location. The agency works with young men and women who are affected by gun violence and hail from Dorchester, Mattapan, Roxbury, Hyde Park, and Roslindale. There are 179 people in the Roca program; 49 percent come from
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To create safer neighborhoods in communities beset by high levels of violence, multiple approaches are needed. Roca, Inc, offers one such approach. Roca seeks out young people who are at risk of engaging in violent acts, engages them in meaningful relationships that build trust, offers them opportunities to learn a set of skills and competencies that might lead to behavioral change, and support them in living into their own dreams. It’s an approach that works, and Chris Judd and Carl Miranda will join us to explain how. Christine (Chris) Judd is the Director of Roca Springfiel...