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Durham announces partnership with Duke orthopedics and Johnson & Johnson to fund barbershop outreach aimed at reducing youth gun violence
Summary
Mayor Leonardo Williams said the city and Duke Orthopedics obtained a Johnson & Johnson grant and city matching funds to support a barbershop-based outreach program focused on young Black men and gun-violence prevention, plus complementary financial-education programming.
Durham Mayor Leonardo Williams announced a partnership with the Duke University Department of Orthopedics and a grant from Johnson & Johnson to fund barbershop-based outreach intended to reduce gun-violence injuries among young Black men.
“This alliance will focus on gathering resources and human assets to go to barbershops across the city to fund this program, this outreach,” Williams said. He described barber shops as informal counseling spaces for many young Black men and said the program will train and support barbers to engage at-risk clients and connect them to services.
Williams said the grant, provided in…
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