Leaders start long-planned violence intervention meetings with local teenagers
While sharing burritos for dinner at a new violence intervention effort, one local teenager asked Salem Police Chief Trevor Womack for help on a job application.
The teen was one of six who local leaders identified as at higher risk of engaging in violence. During the April 23 meeting, he asked Womack to weigh in on what salary range he should ask for in the application.
“‘You should probably go talk to the other employer,…
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Tears in my eyes. This is confirmation that a well thought-out partnership of compassionate, experienced adults with faith in the can change the trajectory of the community, individual by individual. I hope that other community leaders will be inspired by this story to initiate their own similar partnerships. Now, how about something for the girls?