‘A way out’: Gun violence survivor teams up with juvenile justice program to offer boys a second chance

The newly formed Civic Coalition to Save Lives says it will build a violence intervention strategy based on what’s worked in other cities.

They say Tiffany Fletcher, who was killed by a stray bullet while at work, was a pillar of her neighborhood.

The House of Umoja has been credited with helping to quell Philly’s gang violence crisis in the 1970s. Now it wants to train a new generation of peacemakers.