Cleveland organizers call for restoration of federal funds for community violence intervention

Cleveland organizers call for restoration of federal funds for community violence intervention

Cleveland organizers are hosting a press conference Tuesday as part of National Community Violence Intervention Advocacy Day.

Aida Judith Edwards, community promoter of Taller Salud (left) and Tania Rosario Méndez, executive director of Taller Salud. Archive photo by Ana María Abruña Reyes The elimination of more than $1 million federal funds for intervention against violence in communities is a direct threat to the right to life and security, warned today Tania Rosario Méndez, director of the organization Taller Salud, which has been dedicated decades to improving wom…