Youth and community activist Mary Nelson announced the next community forum to address violence in the city will be held from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday Jan. 8 at Corcoran High School.
At the previous forum, steering committees were formed to target education, health, career services, violent crime and economics.
Saturday’s forum will build on that progress and introduce the members of the steering committees to the community. Committee members hail from throughout the area, not just within the city, said Nelson.
“Some of us are saying we have not heard or seen anything lately,” Nelson wrote in an e-mail. “The surface is only being covered for a moment, to deter us from what we are attempting to cease and hold from our community. We will not give up on our city, but we still need your help.”
The forum is open to all members of the community. Corcoran High School is located at 919 Glenwood Ave. on the South Side.
