Brooklynites rally
against gun violence
Save Our Streets demonstrators
march through Bedford-Stuyvesant
Since her brother’s tragic
death, Arzu has worked with
groups like Save Our Streets
and Moms Demand Action to
help pull communities away
from a culture of violence.
“It’s about being
empowered. There’s a lot
of people that are causing
harm in our communities,
and it’s systematic. In our
communities, there’s a lot of
issues that are the core causes
of gun violence, whether it’s
housing or whatever,” she
said. “There are a lot of people
in gangs, and they don’t want
to be, but they don’t know
anything else and they don’t
know how to get out.”
Arzu also uses her story
to help heal communities
that have been ravaged by
bloodshed.
“It’s about helping people
who have been affected by
gun violence fi nd help, but it’s
also about people who haven’t
MARCHING: Demonstrators from Save Our Streets and Moms Demand Action marched down Tompkins Avenue
on June 29. Photo by Caroline Ourso
lost someone, and teaching
them how to be there for those
who are suffering,” she said.
“It’s about building more of a
community.”
The demonstration was
partly spurred by the recent
shooting of an 11-year-old boy ,
who was caught in the crossfi re
of a gun violence incident in
Crown Heights on June 20.
Arzu said she hoped people
would fi nd empathy and
motivation to organize against
Celebrate With Us!
BY AIDAN GRAHAM
Dozens of Brooklynites
marched through Bedford-
Stuyvesant to call for an end
to rampant gun violence on
June 29.
“I don’t want people to wait
until someone they know is the
victim of gun violence to start
doing something about it,” said
Nathalie Arzu.
The rally, which was
organized by anti-gun violence
group Save Our Streets,
featured several keynote
speakers, including Arzu —
who told the assembled crowd
the tragic story of losing her
brother Jose in 2011 to gun
violence in the Bronx.
“My brother was killed
at the age of 16 when he was
walking his girlfriend home,
and two men approached him
and shot him 15 times. The
paramedics did everything
that they could, but he died,”
said Arzu.
the presence of weapons on
city streets.
“This may have not been
your child, but it was someone’s
child,” she said. “We need to
come together to build this
community.”
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