Violence interruption center Project ECHO opens shop in East Flatbush

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Flatbush residents from showed up to welcome Project ECHO, a gun violence prevention community center, to the neighborhood last Friday.

Amsterdam News has been reporting the news of the day from a Black perspective for 113 years. Donors who choose to give monthly or annually will receive Amsterdam News’ Weekly E-Edition and acclaimed weekday newsletter Editorially Black to their inbox!Project ECHO building in East Flatbush on day of ribbon cutting.

Bad weather didn’t stop East Flatbush residents from showing up to welcome Project ECHO, a gun violence prevention community center, to the neighborhood last Friday, May 10. ECHO, which stands for Empowering Communities through Healing and Opportunities, is supported by grants, including $1 million from the Bureau of Justice Assistance last year obtained by the, fondly dubbed by locals as the “Godquad.” The parent organization was officially founded in 2010 as East Flatbush faced one of the worst murder rates in the city at the time. , the organization’s president.

 

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