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Durham teenagers, program leaders appeal to city for sustained funding for after-school programs
Summary
Several teenage speakers and program leaders urged the council to preserve and increase local funding for youth programs, citing mental-health supports, safe spaces and workforce-preparation activities; one program leader said an organization needs roughly $54,000 a year to remain open.
A group of teenage speakers and community program leaders addressed the Durham City Council asking the city to support after-school and youth-development programs that councilors and students said are keeping young people safe and engaged.
Mayor Williams used his prerogative to give time during opening remarks to a student representative. Sixteen-year-old Jolieel Campbell identified herself as a participant in the youth program PUF and described the program as “like a family” that helped her after the 2018–2019 loss of a family member to firearm violence. Campbell…
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