Citizens Fight Back Aganist Gang Graffiti
Last Update: 11/17/2006 9:38:17 AM

Posted By: Brian Heap

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Concerned citizens and volunteers will join forces with the Southern Christian Leadership Conference to fight gangs and graffiti Saturday, November 18, 2006. They plan to grab brushes and buckets of paint and cover up graffiti all over Shelby County.
"We are urging the community to let the thugs know that we're sick of them and we're going to take our neighborhoods back," said Memphis SCLC President Dr. Dwight Montgomery.

The SCLC, created during the civil rights movement by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., has a modern mission to improve life in urban communities. The SCLC operates a gang rescue hotline to help gang members escape to a better life.

Anyone interested in helping with the anti-gang efforts should contact the SCLC of Memphis at 753-2057.