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"I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear."
- Martin Luther King JR.
Programs and & Services
Prevention
Restorative Justice
Intervention
Prevention starts with our youth. Gun violence disproportionately impacts black children and teens, who are 4 times more likely than white children and teens to be killed with guns.
Our in-school and community-based programming educates students on the of harms gun violence in our community and how it directly impacts their lives.
Intervention
Restorative Justice
Intervention
Our message of hope and love is spread throughout our Guns Down Love PSA and Media Campaign. Through our media message, we educate on the impacts of gun violence and how it affects youth and adults.
Restorative Justice
Restorative Justice
Restorative Justice
We are taking back what gun violence has stolen from us. We are reclaiming our brothers and sisters who have hurt our community with murders of their own people.
Our Community Healing Circles allow families and community members to heal from their loss. The atonement and restoration healing circles allow ex-gun felons to atone with the c
We are taking back what gun violence has stolen from us. We are reclaiming our brothers and sisters who have hurt our community with murders of their own people.
Our Community Healing Circles allow families and community members to heal from their loss. The atonement and restoration healing circles allow ex-gun felons to atone with the community the harm they have caused and reclaim their place in the community.
tHE crew
Marea Perry
Kendra Williams Pierson
Farji Shaheer
"In the growing wake of acts of violence taking place in the community. Leaders who live in St. Paul have Concerned Community leaders from Gun Down Love Up dedicated to hold sacred the value of communal peace, awareness, and accountability among the urban communities of color in St. Paul."
Farji Shaheer
Kendra Williams Pierson
Farji Shaheer
"Gun violence is a cancer in order to treat or calm the epidemic we must understand and value the root causes before it spread."
Kendra Williams Pierson
Kendra Williams Pierson
Kendra Williams Pierson
"The police shouldn't be armed with military grade weapons. They're using tools that we use to conquer countries in war; how do those support our communities? And we need more funding to properly train the police so they can recognize social service/mental health issues, so defunding is NOT the answer."
Chauntyll Allen
Marques Armstrong
Kendra Williams Pierson
"In order to solve a problem as complex as gun violence we have to look at self accountability and how we can work collectively to end it."
Raeisha Williams
Marques Armstrong
Marques Armstrong
"We are the change we have been waiting for. Our ancestors didn't wait to be freed, they freed themselves.
Our ancestors didn't ask for equal rights, they demanded it. We can and will stop gun violence in our community."
Marques Armstrong
Marques Armstrong
Marques Armstrong
Gun violence and other forms of community violence are deeply rooted symptoms of internal oppression and trauma.
One of the ways to counteract this is to gain knowledge of self. When you know who you are, you in turn know who you're not. That way no one can convince and use you to be who they want or need you to be for there . #WeAreKings
Ms. Rosemary Nevils "Mama Rose"
Ms. Rosemary Nevils "Mama Rose"
Ms. Rosemary Nevils "Mama Rose"
We are our own keepers. We are the change we have been waiting.