Thank You JustCuriousPoe WPGC 95.5 The Boys really enjoyed Game Night✨ Creatively providing resources to communities affected by Youth Homicide, Suicide,& Mental Health Illnesses. #unity #gunsdownfriday #WashingtonDC #ward8 #princegeorgescounty #EndGunViolence

Absolutely love to see this. This is what prevention and care looks like. Imagine if the city invested in programs (and organizations) like this. I bet you it would do a lot more to make the community safer than lining the streets with cops. Thank you Guns Down Friday #KeepDCAlive

A Day of Healing✨ Losing a friend to Gun Violence is tough for the Community. Coming together to show them we care💕Thank You all for your Support‼️ We couldn’t do this without you✨ Ending Gun Violence Together‼️ #gunsdownfriday

We’re in need of your Support!! Donate Today!! Guns Down Friday✨Letting the Community know we love You & We Care💕 #gunsdownfriday #unity #support

Washington Teachers' Union, AFT Local #6 supports The TraRon Center The Village of Brookland Traditional Schools CM McDuffie's Office Vince Gray CM Trayon White Zachary Parker, Ward 5 SBOE Rep Carlene Reid Ward 7 Rep. Eboni-Rose Thompson EmpowerEd Pat Lawson Muse Natasha Cloud @peacefordc Guns Down Friday Councilmember_RobertWhite CM Silverman Office Phil Mendelson Anacostia New Tech High School Ballou High School McKinley Tech EC

When we apply needed resources to policy, we get results. Kudos to Guns Down Friday and all of the other grantees announced today. 🥳

Delivering lunch to our Guns Down Friday Alumni’s 💕

Were taking 25 Inner City Youth on a Healing Retreat. These children go through so much on a daily. Want to show them the Community Loves them &Cares✨We Will Not be able to take 25 kids without YOUR support. Ending Gun Violence Together💯 SUPPORT TODAY‼️ GunsDownFriday.com

wusa9.com/article/news/c… Jess Arnold WUSA9 #gunsdownfriday #EndGunViolence

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#DC is not ending 2023 on a good note when it comes to crime and violence. >270 homicides But - groups like Guns Down Friday have hope for next year. We'll share their plans for the grant money they just got from DC on #GetUpDC. Allison Seymour Wisdom Martin WUSA9

Last year, more people in D.C. were killed than in any year since 1997. Nineteen were children, 16 felled by gunfire. More than 100 children were shot. Rashad Bates, 14, knows he could be next. So do the adults trying to keep him alive. wapo.st/3Oa7yze

Jawanna Hardy, who runs an anti-violence nonprofit called Guns Down Friday, handpicked Rashad as one of 10 teenage boys that she would help in a summer program. Because of his age and the people around him, he was teetering between survival and an early, violent death.

For the first half of the summer, Hardy had almost daily interaction with Rashad. She ordered Ubers to get him to summer school, sent him cash to buy food and gave him a PlayStation 4 so he would stay inside. Rashad knew what Hardy was trying to do. He agreed to be in her

Rashad spoke at a November banquet for Guns Down Friday as part of a panel of children affected by gun violence. He looked at the rows of people applauding for him and beamed, as though he could see what Hardy was trying to give him: a future. wapo.st/3Oa7yze

Rashad and his mother agreed to The Post’s spending time with him and identifying him by his full name. His mother declined to be interviewed, saying she is a private person and trusts her son to speak for himself: wapo.st/3Oa7yze

I met Rashad Bates almost ten months ago. He was 13 then, with a sarcastic sense of humor and a tight group of friends. At that point, he had been to four funerals and lost at least five people in his life to gun violence. (1/5) washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/inter…

Journalist @emilydaviesreports from The Washington Post shadowed us for months, delving into Rashad’s world—even following us to Florida✈️ We opened our lives and hearts, showcasing both the highs and lows. Lots of joy & a lot of tears✨ Thank You #endgunviolence #gunsdownfriday