Weekly Brief: May 25, 2022

Each Wednesday morning we share news, research, data, opinions and community responses related to gun violence and prevention in Philadelphia.


Above: The new Vital Statistics Dashboard from the Philadelphia Department of Public Health indicates that homicide has been the leading cause of potential years of life lost among Black male residents through 2019. The related press release says homicide has been the leading killer of young Black men since 2012.

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Weekly Brief: May 18, 2022

Each Wednesday morning we share news, research, data, opinions and community responses related to gun violence and prevention in Philadelphia.


Above: Participants in “Numb to Normalcy,” a short documentary produced with support from our Credible Messenger Reporting Project, gathered for a photo following a screening in West Philadelphia late last year.

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Weekly Brief: May 11, 2022

Each Wednesday morning we share news, research, data, opinions and community responses related to gun violence and prevention in Philadelphia.


Above: Professional partner P.O.C. of Revive Media, seen at left above, sat down recently to share her thoughts behind the making of “Numb to Normalcy,” one of several mini-documentaries produced during the first round of the Credible Messenger Reporting Project last year. The interview was conducted by our Community Engagement Manager Maxayn Gooden, who first joined our organization last year while producing her own project as a Credible Messenger community journalist.

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Behind the scenes with P.O.C.

Professional partner P.O.C. of Revive Media sat down recently to share her thoughts behind the making of “Numb to Normalcy,” one of several mini-documentaries produced during the first round of the Credible Messenger Reporting Project last year.

The interview was conducted by our Community Engagement Manager Maxayn Gooden, who first joined our organization last year while producing her own project as a Credible Messenger community journalist in our program.

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Weekly Brief: May 4, 2022

Each Wednesday morning we share news, research, data, opinions and community responses related to gun violence and prevention in Philadelphia.


Above: Hot spots by street block are highlighted in this map of Philadelphia shooting victims. Clicking on “All Years” at top-right on “Mapping Philadelphia’s Gun Violence Crisis” now displays nearly 10,000 nonfatal shootings and more than 2,400 fatal shootings recorded since January 1, 2015. [Philadelphia Office of the Controller]

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