Champaign Coalition’s CVRT Hosts Violence Response Meeting

Community Relations Specialist, Mary Catherine Roberson facilitates the Community Violence Response MeetingOn October 7, the Champaign County Community Coalition’s Community Violence Response Task Force hosted a Violence Response Meeting to support the residents in the neighborhood where 17-year-old Jonathon McPhearson was killed last week. Community Relations Specialist, Mary Catherine Roberson facilitated the event with CU Trauma and Resilience Initiative (CU TRI). City staff, church, and community members discussed the impact of community gun violence as well as solutions and how community members can get involved through paid and volunteer opportunities.  To receive daily Coalition updates, please click here.