From the hallway packed with vendors to the gym filled with youth and their families, informational tables manned by various organizations and the sound of empowering speeches by community leaders and public officials, one thing was on everyone’s mind at the “We Are One” community event—coming together to make a positive impact in the community.
The Sept. 12 event held at the Penn Hills YMCA and hosted by Jamar Place of Peace and Mothers With A Voice, in partnership with the Y, brought everyone out in hopes of uniting the community and putting an end to the senseless violence.
“This event was to bring the community together on one accord and help direct the dysfunction running amongst African American people and throughout our communities,” said Wynona Hawkins Harper, event organizer and founder of Jamar Place of Peace. “We need to redirect the misdirection. In order to correct our children, we have to correct our behavior as adults. We all play a part.”
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