Local Event Challenges Community Residents to Promote Peace and Unity in Response to an Outbreak of Violence Plaguing New York City Streets
WHO: Russell Simmons, Capt. Dennis Muhammad, & The PeaceKeepers bring together Erica Ford (I Love My Life VIP Team/LIFE Camp), Minister Hafeez (Nation of Islam), Reverend Al Sharpton (The National Action Network), Bob Law, Man Up Inc., and King of Kings Foundation to celebrate peace, and urge individuals in the community to promote love and stop the violence. Additional guests include Hip-Hop sensations Ed Lover and Cheryl (Salt from Salt-N-Pepa).
WHAT: The PeaceKeepers organization is dedicated to helping youth combat crime and gun violence in their communities by teaching love, respect, and encouraging a new way of thinking. LIFE Camp, Inc. (Love Ignites Freedom through Education) incorporates best practices in youth violence prevention and intervention and develops teens and young adults into peer leaders. The ‘I am Present for Peace’ march will harness the power of a larger network of friends and supporters to help inspire young people to implement positive change in their neighborhoods by walking the streets of South Jamaica Queens.
For more information, visit: http://www.thepeacekeepers.org or http://lifecampinc.com/
WHEN: Sunday, August 19, 2012 6PM – 8PM
**Select guests and event organizers will deliver intro remarks and address the crowd at key points along the route**
WHERE: Starts: 111th Avenue & Sutphin Blvd
Ends: Baisley Park Houses on Foch & Guy R. Brewer Blvd (Jamaica, Queens)
Comments
Love is great but it’s difficult to preach love without holding Russel Simmons and Al Sharpton,others accountable. These guys have access to trmendous wealth and people with influence but I haven’t seen (I’ve been busy saving my own home and business) either establish one sustained program, business or housing initiative that employees any of the very youth and adults that have guns and other who simply want sense of dignity to provide for their families. Enough of these love marches, where are the jobs, where are the entrepreneurial programs, where us the support for local businesses. We can’t keep being consumers and reacting we must have an economic and educational initiative funded by the Sharpton and Simmons who get wealthier leverage the PR from thee marches. Wake up people hold them accountable.
or all the criticism of Beyonce, she did build a housing program in her hometown neighborhood, she has help create sustained jobs — can more be done? sure but she is doing something tangible–what has Simmons done lately. Don’t you think its a contradiction to have these marches without solutions, people must eat!!!!!!!! You can pay Con Edison with love, mortgage companies don’t stop adding interest when you defaut, even water companies will shut off your water—-it takes financial resources to survive, write a check already…