Daily News | After weekend shootings, Kensington community members are feeling afraid and fed up
Community members here are scared and exasperated with the overwhelming violence in their neighborhood, and they say they feel like nothing meaningful is being done to stop it. “It’s been insane,” Carruth said.Each time a shooting occurs, it deepens the fear and sadness of the city’s residents. That’s how Rosalind Pichardo, community coordinator for Invest in Safer Communities of Ceasefire PA, sees it. “Pumping gas, you can get shot. Playing football, you can get shot.
Pichardo, who will celebrate her 45th birthday next week, has lived in Kensington all her life and raised her two children. Now her grandchildren are growing up in Kensington. “I would have as many agencies, churches, and schools provide as many safe spaces as possible. And provide opportunities that are structured but make it so that people want to go” he said.Every Friday night Mairena hosts youth at his church because he is looking for a way to provide a positive space amid the violence. Last Friday night, someone shot a gun only a block from the church.
Community members have taken the problem-solving upon themselves, in part because they feel like the city has neglected them.
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