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Urban violence continues

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For a look at efforts to stop urban violence, check out the trailer of The Interruptors, [1] to premiere at Sundance Film Festival today. (A word of warning, this video might be hard to watch and contains profanity.) 

Ceasefire has become a model used nationwide to stop violence. Though Ceasefire approaches violence as a public health issue, they work with people of faith, including Cardinal George and inner-city parishes. Read more about the church's role in this work in "Under the gun." [2]


Created: Friday, January 21 2011 3:49 PM

Source URL: http://www.uscatholic.org/blog/2011/01/urban-violence-continues

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[1] http://www.kartemquin.com/films/the-interrupters
[2] http://www.uscatholic.org/culture/social-justice/2009/06/under-gun