Kenyatta Johnson Case Study

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Coming from the Point Breeze neighborhood of Philadelphia Pennsylvania, former councilman Kenyatta Johnson represents District 2, which consists of: parts of Center City, South and Southwest Philadelphia (including the stadium area), Philadelphia International Airport, the Navy Yard alongside Eastwick, Grays Ferry, with lastly Hawthorne and Point Breeze neighborhoods as well. As a former Democrat Johnson served as a state representative for the 186th Legislative District before serving as a councilman, whereas the youngest council member, eagerly began working on the issues that inhabits the second district. Consequently following the murder of his cousin in 1998, Johnson felt compelled to end gun-violence through an organization called

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