Mothers, community members and ex-gange members from Camden have come together to campaign against the high levels of knife crime within the area.
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Elaine Donnellon and Renee Horsford started ‘Camden Against Violence’ this month. They started the campaign in response to what has been called “Camden’s bloodiest night of knife crime”. On 20th February, two young men lost their lives and eight others were injured as a result of knife crime.
Renee Horsford said: “We woke up the next day and started to have a conversation on Facebook about how shocked, appalled and saddened we were… we decided we couldn’t just stay silent”.
After gaining support from the National Union of Teachers, the pair have been raising awareness all week through talks and have organised a vigil on Thursday 22nd March to raise awareness.
Elaine Donnellon told city news: “we’re coming together as one, as a community, in a silent, powerful and dignified way, to say that we now need to do something together to say stop the violence and invest in our young people”.
The march will leave Queen’s Crescent at 4.30pm and will make its way to Harrington Square. There will be music, speeches from campaigners, and the organisers hope Sadiq Khan will make an appearance alongside local MPs.
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Elaine Donnellon and Renee Horsford started ‘Camden Against Violence’ this month. They started the campaign in response to what has been called “Camden’s bloodiest night of knife crime”. On 20th February, two young men lost their lives and eight others were injured as a result of knife crime.
Renee Horsford said: “We woke up the next day and started to have a conversation on Facebook about how shocked, appalled and saddened we were… we decided we couldn’t just stay silent”.
After gaining support from the National Union of Teachers, the pair have been raising awareness all week through talks and have organised a vigil on Thursday 22nd March to raise awareness.
Elaine Donnellon told city news: “we’re coming together as one, as a community, in a silent, powerful and dignified way, to say that we now need to do something together to say stop the violence and invest in our young people”.
The march will leave Queen’s Crescent at 4.30pm and will make its way to Harrington Square. There will be music, speeches from campaigners, and the organisers hope Sadiq Khan will make an appearance alongside local MPs.
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