Neighbors In Action: Save Our Streets Is Combating Gun Violence In Brooklyn

Brooklyn neighborhoods such as Bedford-Stuyvesant, Crown Heights and East New York had a spike in gun violence in 2019. What is being done to stop this gun violence? Save Our Streets (S.O.S.) is a community-based, non-profit organization that aims to end gun violence in neighborhoods like Bedford-Stuyvesant and Crown Heights.

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The maps that were used as additional research for this piece were created by Christopher Herrmann. They show the change in shootings from 2009-2018 and population density in Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn: drive.google.com/drive/folders/1z…Lv64?usp=sharing