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100 Days of Action: Trae Holiday's Plea for Community Involvement

Trae Holiday, the host of Converge Media's "The Day With Trae," appeared on FOX 13 Seattle News last night to discuss the 100 Days of Action to Combat Gun Violence campaign currently underway in partnership with King County and the City of Seattle. Holiday joined FOX 13's Sabirah Rayford and Hana Kim in the studio to share her personal insights and experiences with gun violence, emphasizing the urgent need for community involvement. Earlier in the day, Holiday recorded several conversations with elected officials and community leaders at Seattle’s Paramount Theatre which will be airing all this week on Converge Media. 

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Traffic Jam for Peace: Urban Family's Bold Stand Against Gun Violence

A demonstration of community activism took place recently with the Traffic Jam for Peace, orchestrated by Urban Family. This event intentionally slowed traffic on Interstate 5 North to draw attention to the urgency of addressing gun violence. The traffic jam served as a metaphor, highlighting how violence affects everyone in the community, regardless of direct involvement.

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Community-Driven Solutions to Gun Violence: Eleuthera Lisch Discusses Regional Efforts on The Day With Trae

Recently on The Day With Trae, Eleuthera Lisch visited host Trae Holiday to discuss the Regional Gun Violence Community Resource Guide. Lisch is the Director of the Regional Office of Gun Violence Prevention at Seattle & King County Public Health. She shared insights from her extensive work in gun violence prevention and emphasized the importance of community-driven solutions. 

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Bulldog Strong: An Emotional and Jubilant Purple & White Day at Garfield High School 

Garfield High School celebrated its annual Purple and White Day Assembly last Friday. Traditionally, it is a day of smiles and laughter as it signifies the last time the entire student body will come together to recognize and uplift each other before the senior class heads toward graduation in a few days. This year’s Purple and White Day was in doubt of happening at all following the tragic and senseless murder of student Amarr A’Shawn Murphy-Payne two weeks ago just feet from the entrance to the gym on the Garfield campus as he intervened to stop a fight between two students. 

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A Movement Underfoot? Unity Walk Calls for Peace and Community Accountability to End Gun Violence in the Central District

The walk was not too far, only 1.4 miles, but yesterday's Unity Walk from Jimi Hendrix Park to Garfield High School was not about the distance between two points but rather the first steps on a journey for peace, reconciliation, and community accountability in Seattle’s Central District neighborhood which has found itself in the throes of gun violence. The latest victim being Amarr Murphy-Paine a student at Garfield High School who was shot and killed last week on campus.

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Mayor Harrell, Alongside Community Leaders, Honored Gun Violence Victims at New Memorial Garden Located in MLK Jr. Park

On Friday, June 7th, Mayor Bruce Harrell, city officials, and community leaders reflected on the recent surge in gun violence and commemorated a new garden in memory of victims of gun violence at Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Park. This event comes in the wake of a shooting at Garfield High School, where 17-year-old Amarr Murphy-Paine was shot and killed while attempting to break up a fight between the shooter and another person.

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Eleuthera Lisch gives update on Gun Violence Disruption in King County

Last week on The Day with Trae, guest host Deaunte Damper sat down with Eleuthera Lisch, the Director of the King County Regional Office of Gun Violence Prevention. In this episode, Damper and Lisch discuss the current state of gun violence within the United States and what actions are being implemented to deter it.

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Sorority of Sorrow: We Got Us Moms is creating space for moms whose children were killed by #GunViolence

Donnitta Sinclair started We Got Us Moms to create a space for mothers whose children were killed by what she calls The Disease of Gun Violence after her own son, Lorenzo Anderson Jr. was murdered in June of 2020 and she found no real place for culturally relevant support to help deal with the trauma that she and her family were navigating.

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