KANSAS CITY, MO. — A local stop-the-violence organization has a new approach to the same mission, thanks to a new federal grant.
The Department of Justice is awarding a seven-year, $75,000 grant to KC Mothers in Charge to find answers to the question, “Why are we so angry?”
The KC Mothers in Charge team will go door-to-door in eight neighborhoods, with a goal of having conversations about why anger so often fuels violence.
Roslyn Temple, president and founder of KC Mothers in Charge, said when she leaves the families, she wants them to feel safer and have tools in their neighborhood to work together.
"Half the time you don't know your neighbor, third house down,” Temple said. “We all know each other and have a number, a phone number so we can reach out to each other.”
Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas, Tim Garrison, U.S. attorney for the Western District of Missouri, and leaders with the Kansas City Police Department and the Crime Commission were at Monday's announcement of the federal grant. Garrison said he will continue prosecuting criminals, but his goal also is to reduce violence and reduce crime.
KC Mothers in Charge will provide training in boundaries, trauma and grief. For more information, visit the KC Mothers in Charge website.
