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Erricka Bridgeford and Letrice Gant, co-organizers of the Baltimore Peace Movement — formerly Baltimore Ceasefire 365 — assess the impact of the group's February 3-5 "Peace Promise Weekend," the first under its new banner.
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In our monthly Midday with the Mayor, Tom Hall talks with Baltimore City Mayor Brandon Scott about key issues on the city's agenda, including continued efforts to curb gun violence, leadership at BCFD & DPW, and BOPA and the MLK Day parade.
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Tom Hall opens the phones to hear what listeners think about one of the city's biggest challenges for the new year: curbing the relentless rates of homicide and other violent crime.
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Baltimore City Mayor Brandon Scott’s Group Violence Reduction Strategy in the Western police district has contributed to fewer homicides in the past year, according to the Baltimore Police Department data.
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The director of the Mayor's Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement discusses efforts underway to reduce Baltimore's endemic gun violence, which for the eighth consecutive year has claimed more than 300 lives.
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The two social activist lawyers discuss their efforts - through Warnken's Center for Criminal Justice Reform (UBalt Law) and Watts's "Rebuild, Overcome and Rise" (ROAR) Center (UMB) - to better assist Baltimore communities and individuals victimized by violent crime.
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The city is piloting a targeted crime reduction strategy in the city’s western district with plans to expand to more districts.
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We’ll go On the Record to learn about the intensive relationship-building of Roca, an evidence-based violence intervention program that focuses on young men in Baltimore, and how Roca’s partnership with the Department of Juvenile Services is stirring even wider impact.
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In this edition of Midday with the Mayor, we also discuss Wednesday's State of the City address, latest efforts at violence reduction and new plans for Harborplace development.
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About 75 of Baltimore’s Group Violence Reduction Strategy partners, a critical component of Mayor Brandon Scott’s crime plan, are to meet for the first time on Monday.