Brownsville violence intervention and prevention organizations have organized a pilot program called Heal the Ville, with the hope that it will reduce violence between intimate partners — and that doing so will prevent violence in the streets.
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As the discussion progressed, Lomax presented a hypothetical to the circle. What if another man hit on your little sister? “She’s 15. He’s 40,” Lomax added. First, they say helping people cope with conflict in their domestic relationships will prevent those conflicts from spilling into the streets and affecting others — for example, if a brother were to retaliate against his sister’s abusive partner.
Domestic violence and community violence make up much of the gun violence in America. The two forms of violence, which are often treated as separate and disconnected, are in fact closely intertwined.
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