Tag: gun violence
Rev. Jesse Jackson: Guns and the GOP’s plan to Defeat Dems...
By The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson
It happened again. This time it was a mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, of 19 second-, third- and fourth...
Edelman: A Shameful Indictment of our Failure to Protect Children
By Marian Wright Edelman
The funerals for the ten Black community members who were murdered while grocery shopping in Buffalo on May 14 aren’t even...
Local Non-Profit to Get $1M to Fight Gun Violence as Homicides...
By Amy Yurkanin | ayurkanin@al.com
Officials with the Jefferson County Department of Health have secured more than $1 million for a program designed to help victims...
Birmingham takes action on gun violence against children, sets up $125K...
By Barnett Wright
The Birmingham Times
Birmingham Mayor Randall L. Woodfin, joined by nearly two dozen faith leaders, on Tuesday announced a $125,000 fund to help...
‘Stop The Madness’: Activists Respond to Gun Violence in Jeffco
By Erica Wright
The Birmingham Times
Apostle Wanda Stephen knows the pain of losing a loved one to gun violence.
Stephen, pastor of Jesus Real International Ministry,...
Birmingham’s deadly week of ‘unimaginable’ violence
By Erica Wright
The Birmingham Times
Those shot have ranged from age five to adulthood, including the killing of a 32-year-old, in a deadly week...
$24K Raised For Info; Justice Demanded in Slaying of 32-Year-Old Woman
By Erica Wright
The Birmingham Times
Comedian and Birmingham native Rickey Smiley, the Birmingham Urban League and the Jefferson County Commission are among entities offering a...
Comedian Rickey Smiley offers $5k reward for info in killing of...
By Erica Wright
The Birmingham Times
Comedian, radio talk show host and Birmingham native Rickey Smiley is offering a $5,000 award for information about a...
With Homicides Up in 2020, Police Chief Smith Addresses Gun Violence
By Erica Wright
The Birmingham Times
As 2020 ends in Birmingham with homicides up by 13 percent over 2019, Birmingham Police Chief Patrick Smith on...
Ellis: Urban Gun Violence is a Public Health Crisis
By Glenn Ellis
Urban community gun violence is a massive part of our country’s gun violence epidemic but, we’ve reach a point where it is...
