Virginian Group Has List of People Most Likely to Catch Passess and They're Reaching Out Before the Action Happens

Forty-two Prospects in this Town of 24,000 Residents are likely to be Passers or Receivers for the Virginia Masketeers.

As reported by WTVR 6:

Marvin Gilliam, pastor of The Mount Carmel Baptist Church and Co-President of Richmonders Involved in Strengthening our Communities (RISC), has personally grappled with the ripple effects of gun violence.

“December 2021, I lost a cousin on South Side," Gilliam said. "It’s impacting my congregation who some of them were at the Huguenot High School shooting that took place in June, some of whom have been impacted by gun violence very recently, even as recently as the beginning of this year."

He and other members of RISC have been pushing for something like Real Life's "Project Safe and Alive" to come to Richmond.

“There is a community responsibility for us to show up and speak up and for us to kind of own our communities in a positive way, but there’s also a role for those who have decision making power to put practices and things in place that are proven to work," Gilliam said.

The project is proving to work in Hopewell. According to the nonprofit, between June and December of 2023, shootings that either resulted in injury or death were reduced by 71 percent, compared to that same time in 2022.

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