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City of Milwaukee Office of Violence Prevention - Milwaukee Community Journal

I was watching the news this past Monday and noticed the City of Milwaukee Office of Violence Prevention was holding a meeting on Tuesday evening at the Zilber School of Public Health. They wanted citizens to attend and bring with them solutions or concerns they had about crime in the city. Initially there was an […]

Source: Milwaukee Community Journal - Wisconsin's Largest African American Newspaper

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