The Mayor's Office of Black Male Engagement (OBME) and the Mayor's Office of Youth Engagement (OYE) are partnering to put together a weekend of events in honor of the culmination of National Gun Violence Awareness Month.
On June 24th at Girard College, we will be hosting the Future Now Summit and an off-site gun buyback space. The Summit will feature a City & community resource fair, job opportunities, youth-focused panel discussion, refreshments, music, games, pick-up basketball, and more.
The goal is to foster a sense of community amongst our cities' most underserved residents, and provide viable resources that are proven deterrents to violence: food/housing, education, jobs, healthcare/mental health services, and more!
There will also be a gun buyback space off-site so that community members can safely turn in firearms and other weapons in exchange for community resources/giftcards.