Youth Villages Launches $60 Million Gun Violence Reduction Initiative

by | Oct 21, 2022 | Memphis Allies

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For more than a year, we’ve been working with community leaders and national experts to build Memphis Allies to address one of our community’s greatest challenges: deadly gun violence. We appreciate your support of the initiative and our work. Read this morning’s article about Memphis Allies in The Daily Memphian.

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