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Students, Advocates Ask Council to Fully Fund $10M "Varsity" Youth Safety Plan
Summary
Young people, the Southern Movement Committee and partner organizations urged the council to fully fund a $10 million youth-centered violence-prevention package — $4M for community center programming, $4M for an Office of Youth Safety and $2M for restorative justice in high schools.
Scores of youth speakers and community organizers asked the Metropolitan Council to fully fund the "Varsity" youth-safety plan, a $10 million proposal assembled by young people and community groups that centers prevention, restorative justice and a municipally supported Office of Youth Safety.
Youth representatives and groups including the Southern Movement Committee outlined the plan’s…
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