Image 1: On August 27th 2012, Community Prevention Alternative held a rally in 133-20 Roosevelt Ave Flushing to stop illegal gun violence. Nearly 50 people including Queens district attorney representative, local residents, community leaders from the Bland house public housing development, and advocates against gun violence participated in this rally
On August 27th 2012, Community Prevention Alternative held a rally in 133-20 Roosevelt Ave Flushing to stop illegal gun violence. Nearly 50 people including Queens district attorney representative, local residents, community leaders from the Bland house public housing development, and advocates against gun violence participated in this rally. The rally was hosted by Martha Flores-Vazquez, the director of community prevention alternatives, and the Chairman of China Democracy Party (CDP) Wang Jun sent representatives and journalists of the China Democracy Journal attending the rally. Several mainstream Media in New York reported this event.
In the evening of August 21 around 10:30 pm, Alejandro Ramos a 45 year old man was shot and killed in the community of Blank House public housing and the police are investigating the case. The family and friends of Alejandro Ramos attended today’s rally.
Martha Flores-Vazquez made a brief induction of this incident and mentioned another gunshot within a single week. She said: “On August 21 around 10:30 pm, Mr. Alejandro Ramos was shot and killed just in front from the street where we are; three days later, on August 24, another gunshot happened near the Empire State Building and caused two deaths and injured many people. Community Prevention Alternatives has long endeavoured to the work of anti-violence, and our purpose is to let people in our community stay away from violence. Violence causes direct harm to victims and even leads to mental harm of the families and friends of victims. I advocate people stay away from violence and help to prevent violence, make common efforts to build a safer community.”
The family and friends of the victim, Queens district attorney representative, local residents, community leaders from the Bland house public housing development made speeches separately. They advocated people pay attention to the problem of gun violence and advocated the government taking measures to regulate guns as well as perfecting the community monitoring facilities, in order to make a more safe and comfortable community.
China Democracy Party
《China Democracy Journal》
2012-8-27
Image 2: On August 27th 2012, Community Prevention Alternative held a rally in 133-20 Roosevelt Ave Flushing to stop illegal gun violence
Image 3: The rally is hosted by Martha Flores-Vazquez
Image 4: The media is reporting this event
Image 5: A family member of the victim is making a speech
Image 6: The media is reporting this event
Image 7: The media is reporting this event
Image 8: They are advocating people pay attention to the problem of gun violence and advocating the government taking measures to regulate guns
Image 9: They are advocating people pay attention to the problem of gun violence and advocating the government taking measures to regulate guns
Image 10: A local resident is making a speech
Image 11: Prayer in silence
Image 12: Prayer in silence
Image 13: They are advocating people pay attention to the problem of gun violence and advocating the government taking measures to regulate guns
Image 14: They are advocating people pay attention to the problem of gun violence and advocating the government taking measures to regulate guns
Image 15: A child in Flushing community is making a speech
Image 16: A family member of the victim is receiving an interview
Image 17: Martha Flores-Vazquez is receiving an interview
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