Activists Hitting Streets Of Philadelphia's Toughest Neighborhoods In Hopes Of Bringing Peace

By Siafa Lewis, CBS Philadelphia

August 2, 2022

So far this year in Philadelphia, there’s been at least 1,300 shooting victims. Some people believe the mayor, police department and DA’s Office are not doing enough.

One group will once again hit the streets in some of the city’s toughest neighborhoods in hopes of bringing peace to our streets.

For the critics who ask why people within communities ravaged by gun violence don’t do something about it? The answer is countless men and women do actively — case in point, Rev. G Lamar Stewart Sr., who spearheads a group trying to attack the root of the problem.

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