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Rise Up Rochester awarded grant to help victims of gun violence
Rise Up Rochester awarded grant to help victims of gun violence
Rise Up Rochester has received $100,000 from the Everytown Community Safety Fund, part of Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund, to advance its work of ending gun violence in Rochester and better position the organization to access federal funding.
Rise Up Rochester is a violence prevention organization that empowers communities to establish and maintain a nonviolent culture and provides support to crime victims and their families.
Since 2008, the organization has supported Rochester families that have had their lives turned upside down by homicide by helping them navigate available services. They offer regular support group meetings and hospital-based interventions, also assisting victims with housing or relocation.
Additionally, hundreds of classrooms in Rochester have learned how to prevent violence in their neighborhoods and thousands of students have taken a stand against violence through the Rise Up’s Stop the Violence Billboard Contest.
“Rise Up Rochester is dedicated to fostering and creating a non-violent culture for Rochester through collaborating with local agencies and working directly with victims of gun violence and their families,” said Wanda Ridgeway, executive director of Rise Up Rochester.
Ridgeway said the grant will help support the expansion of the organization’s wraparound support services for survivors and their families.
“Providing safe housing, food, gas and transportation services are critical for survivors on their healing journey,” she said.
The grant is part of Everytown Community Safety Fund’s more than $2 million investment in 20 gun violence intervention organizations nationwide recently announced.
The Everytown Community Safety Fund (CSF), a program of Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund, is the largest national initiative solely dedicated to fueling the life-saving work of community-based violence intervention organizations in cities nationwide.
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