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Mayor, partners showcase RISE/Bulletproof Voices youth violence-prevention program
Summary
City officials and partners described RISE at Birmingham, a 30-day intensive program that paired leadership training, entrepreneurship and junior violence interrupters; program partners included Miles College and the Institute for Research on Social Justice and Action and some participants were offered scholarships.
Mayor Randall Woodfin and city staff highlighted the results of RISE at Birmingham and introduced youth and practitioner participants from Bulletproof Voices.
Uche Bean, the city's director of community safety initiatives, told the council RISE was "a 30 day intensive program for both young people and adults" that combined morning leadership sessions, a youth entrepreneurship track, junior violence interrupter training and practitioner development for community…
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