We have identified three major categories that must be addressed in order to achieve our goal: Awareness, determination, and spirituality.
1) Awareness - We must find ways to inform people from other parts of the community about the issues we are facing. It will take the whole city working together to solve the problems we face.
• We must find media outlets to tell the stories of individuals who have had to deal with the violence in the neighborhoods.
• Many city residents are unaware …show more content…
Music is a huge part of people lives and has the power to introduce people to ideas and perspectives they haven’t heard before. By using influential artists and the power of hip-hop music we can educate and influence large groups. If hip-hop can negatively effect people’s attitudes it can be used to positively effect them as well.
• Church’s and community organizations must use the platform they have to continue to try to effect lives on the individual level.
Aggressive outreach also means going door to door and targeting neighborhood blocks. This will inform them on available resources in the community and is more personal.
Our first targeted block will be 22nd street, which we will be walking on Monday, August 8th. Broadlawns, Grubb YMCA, Drake University, IMPACT, Des Moines Schools, Philadelphia Seventh Day Adventist Church, Des Moines Neighborhood Farmers Market, Burns United Methodist Health, World Food Prize, United Healthcare, United Way, Amerigroup, Amerihealth Caritas, DMARC Mobile Food Pantry, EquiTrust, Wells Fargo and have contributed to the resource bag we will be delivering.
We will have a plan of action for you to review at our next meeting. We’re past talk, it’s time for action. The proposed date and time of our September meeting will be emailed to you at a later