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Chain of Change is committed to advancing justice in and through media. We see gaps and contradictions between how mainstream media often report on violence involving and affecting youth and what you are experiencing in your everyday life. This blog seeks to fill in the gaps by including your story.
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Youth Violence Puts School Safety in Jeopardy
October 16, 2009 - no commentsHost Michel Martin discusses the risks that students face in trying to get an education with civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson and Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Colbert King, of The Washington Post.
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July 12, 2010 - no commentsMy girlfriend's next door neighbor, let's call her Aubrey, had a gang storm in her house, make a total wreck of everything inside, slash open her mattress, throw her on the ground, verbally abuse her, and threaten her with more brutality for talking back to them. This gang was the Pittsburgh police.
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