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Community Walk to stop the violence in McKeesport

Chicago Defender Newsroom

12 years ago

WALK FOR PEACE—“We will be walking to hand out flyers; tell people about the group, pray and fellowship with the community,” said V. Fawn Walker-Montgomery, McKeesport city councilwoman. “Please join us if you can.”

WalkForPeace — WALK FOR PEACE—“We will be walking to hand out flyers; tell people about the group, pray and fellowship with the community,” said V. Fawn Walker-Montgomery, McKeesport city councilwoman. “Please join us if you can.”

The Take Action Mon Valley Community Walk was held August 23 to bring attention to the many shootings that have recently occurred in the Mon Valley and McKeesport areas.

YOUNG BLACK MALES INVOLVEMENT NEEDED—V. Fawn Walker-Montgomery, city councilwoman of McKeesport, stressed the importance of young Black males getting involved to end the senseless violence during a talk with Robert Barnetz, James Tinsley and Robert Brandon. (Photos by J.L. Martello)

KNOCKING ON DOORS—Annika Hudson, a 9-year-old McKeesport girl who lost her dad Carlos Hudson to street violence a year before, knocks on a door in Crawford Village to hand out a flier and speak to people about stopping the violence.

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