In Chicago, where I live, the city provides gun violence survivors with little to no resources that center healing. I say this with personal experience supporting a young person in my family who is a survivor. Rather than providing resources that would help transition youth back to school, provide safety, transportation, and mental health support, I have witnessed how the Chicago police make youth of color feel as if these incidents are their fault.
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