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FROM SORROW TO SOLUTIONS: AmNews Hosts Gun Violence Convening

By Tandy Lau It took almost 114 years, but the Amsterdam News just hosted its first virtual convening for the newspaper’s “Beyond the Barrel of the Gun” initiative this past Monday, Feb. 28. Titled “From Sorrow to Solutions,” the online conversation invited anti-gun violence stakeholders to address shootings in Black and brown communities as a public health […]