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Clergy and residents urge transparency, inclusion for Shoe Lane restorative-justice task force; residents press housing and shelter needs
Summary
An interfaith group asked council to make meetings of the Shoe Lane restorative-justice task force public and to allow former Shoe Lane residents to join; other speakers urged faster action on homelessness and broader housing concerns, including calls for a regional shelter.
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — Several members of the public urged Newport News City Council on Dec. 10 to make the Shoe Lane restorative-justice task force’s meetings public and to include former Shoe Lane residents in the process, and other speakers pressed the council on homelessness and housing affordability.
A representative of an interfaith, interracial clergy group said white churches and clergy historically were silent when residents of the Shoe Lane neighborhood…
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